Cashew "nuts" are not true nuts. They have no shell.
On occasion you can get a peanut shell that contains one or even four nuts. But one and two nuts per shell are the most common.
No, nuts are fruits or berries with a hard shell like skin round them.
Nutmeats refers to nuts with the shell removed.
Yes, doesn't hurt a thing.
There are usually 2 peanuts to a shell, though there can be 1 or 3 or even 4 of the "nuts" in a shell.By the way, peanuts are not really nuts. They are legumes, as are beans and peas.
because its like a pea pod and anyways the wud be no use of the shell if it was attached
It looks like the shell weighs about the same as the kernel. 1 oz of shelled nuts is approx 49 kernels. so roughly 25 in shell nuts should equal 1 oz.
you eat the nuts inside the shell of course.
because it keeps it fresh
One that goes together with a bolt.
With a nut cracker! They are very hard, but worth the effort.