How do Cashews Grow?? - Smarter Every Day 44

Destin introduces the topic by asking viewers if they've ever closely examined nuts, noting interesting observations about cashews and peanuts.

Cashews and peanuts have very similar taste and texture despite being fundamentally different.

Most people in the Western world know what a peanut plant looks like but have no idea what a cashew plant looks like.

The episode aims to answer why this knowledge gap exists and what cashews actually look like.

Destin encounters actual cashew plants and learns about their structure from a local guide.

• The cashew nut is the hard shell that requires drying and heating to extract the edible nut inside • The cashew fruit is the sweet, edible fruit attached to the nut

The cashew fruit is very sweet and can be eaten directly by biting into it.

The cashew nut can be planted to grow a new cashew tree.

Cashews don't grow in Western climates, which explains why most Western people have never seen a cashew plant.

Cashews originated in South America and Central America.

Spanish conquistadors discovered cashews and brought them to Europe after their explorations.

• Peanuts • Chocolate • Vanilla • Strawberries • Pineapples

The reason most Western people don't know what cashew plants look like is because they don't grow in Western climates.

Spanish conquistadors introduced many now-common foods from the Americas to Europe.

Cashews, chocolate, strawberries, and pineapples are all ingredients in a banana split, except for the cow and dairy product.

Destin emphasizes that viewers are getting smarter every day by learning these interesting facts.