A cautionary note about Cashews
Hi,
The mystery of the rash on my hands has finally been solved (even though a quick web search could have and should have solved it some time ago).
You will remember my post about cashews about 2 weeks ago. Well, it probably wasn't the wisest thing for me to be picking up the fruit and trying to smash the shell of the nut with a rock. Turns out, the cashew is a poisonous off the tree and takes careful preparation to get to what we eat. Because of this, the monkeys only eat the big fleshy part and leave the nut alone. I didn't know this and ended up getting it all over my hands. I tried to wash it off with water, but the poisonous part is the oil that sticks to your skin.
Much like poison ivy or poison oak, the result was a very itchy rash all over my fingers, hands and wrists.
Cashews grow all over, so if you are ever in the tropics and you see a fruit that looks like a big green cashew attached to a yellow or red fruit, it may be best to just leave it be.
-Tim
The mystery of the rash on my hands has finally been solved (even though a quick web search could have and should have solved it some time ago).
You will remember my post about cashews about 2 weeks ago. Well, it probably wasn't the wisest thing for me to be picking up the fruit and trying to smash the shell of the nut with a rock. Turns out, the cashew is a poisonous off the tree and takes careful preparation to get to what we eat. Because of this, the monkeys only eat the big fleshy part and leave the nut alone. I didn't know this and ended up getting it all over my hands. I tried to wash it off with water, but the poisonous part is the oil that sticks to your skin.
Much like poison ivy or poison oak, the result was a very itchy rash all over my fingers, hands and wrists.
Cashews grow all over, so if you are ever in the tropics and you see a fruit that looks like a big green cashew attached to a yellow or red fruit, it may be best to just leave it be.
-Tim
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