that's nutz

Another item included in my cooking fury mentioned in my previous post, were roasted cashews. It probably took several hundred dollars worth of purchasing various kinds of roasted nuts during my lifetime to finally realize, hey I could do this myself and it'd most likely taste better. I've made caramelized cashews with cayenne a few times. I have the same feeling towards this recipe of cashews as I do towards m&m's: they're not that great, but for some reason you cannot stop eating them. The maple syrup most likely makes them particularly addictive. Although, there's something about the zing from cayenne. Below is a photo of the little raw nuts. Cute, yes?