So, is there flesh that grows around an almond seed like a peach?
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Laga - Sep 07, 2009 8:39:47 pm PDT #22278 of 30000
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Hil R. - Sep 07, 2009 8:42:01 pm PDT #22279 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Wikipedia sez:
The fruit is a drupe 3.5–6 cm long, with a downy outer coat. The outer covering or exocarp, fleshy in other members of Prunus such as the plum and cherry, is instead a leathery grey-green coating called the hull, which contains inside a hard shell, and the edible seed, commonly called a nut in culinary terms. Generally, one seed is present, but occasionally there are two. In botanical terms, an almond is not a true nut. The reticulated hard woody shell (like the outside of a peach pit) surrounding the edible seed is called the endocarp.
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Trudy Booth - Sep 07, 2009 8:47:44 pm PDT #22280 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
When I was a kid I always loved it when a peach pit was a little cracked and you could work it open and see the part inside that looked like an almond.
Imagine my geeky glee when I discovered that that is pretty much what almonds are.
I still haven't roasted the insides of peach pits. I'll have to try that sooner or later.
Trudy Booth - Sep 07, 2009 8:49:39 pm PDT #22281 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I also want to figure out how to eat acorns. I used to gather BUCKETS of them because they were awesome.
DCJensen - Sep 07, 2009 9:00:55 pm PDT #22282 of 30000
All is well that ends in pizza.
I still haven't roasted the insides of peach pits. I'll have to try that sooner or later.
Peach pits contain cyanide, so I personally would prefer later for myself...
Typo Boy - Sep 07, 2009 9:01:09 pm PDT #22283 of 30000
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I don't recall the details, but I seem to remember many years ago that making acorns edible is a lot of work. Without a lot of steps they can make you sick.
Also peach pits contain a chemical that turns into cyanide when processed by the human digestive system, so you might want to hold off on the roasted peach pits thing.
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WindSparrow - Sep 07, 2009 9:03:38 pm PDT #22284 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Here is a link on how to prepare acorns for eating: [link] It further suggests that it might be easier to get the nutrition of acorns by harvesting the things that eat the acorns, i.e. squirrels.
DCJensen - Sep 07, 2009 9:04:43 pm PDT #22285 of 30000
All is well that ends in pizza.
I also want to figure out how to eat acorns. I used to gather BUCKETS of them because they were awesome.
Now those are usually edible. Some are a bit bitter with tannin, but you can draw some of that out. However, those huge ones? I hear they are the nom roasted.
WindSparrow - Sep 07, 2009 9:05:00 pm PDT #22286 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
ION I still want that dress. I wonder if eShakti.com will still offer that dress come next spring when Buffistas fancies turn to fancy dress for Prom.
DCJensen - Sep 07, 2009 9:05:21 pm PDT #22287 of 30000
All is well that ends in pizza.
It's acornapalooza!