3 ms·
I grew up eating these (as a byproduct of being around lots of apricots). The seed is a huge pain to get into--we would use a hammer and half the time it would
by soyiuz 10y ago
I grew up eating these (as a byproduct of being around lots of apricots). The seed is a huge pain to get into--we would use a hammer and half the time it would smash the whole thing to bits. We were always told not to eat too many. I certainly would not recommend getting them in this easy to overdose packaging.
I am also sometimes worried that legitimate almonds are being contaminated with apricot seeds. Often when I eat almonds I'll taste that old cyanide bitterness of apricot seeds. The two nuts look almost identical.
- adwf 10y agoWell supposedly, cyanide gas smells like bitter almonds, so maybe that's the relation you're tasting? (I say supposedly, because it's the kind of thing I've never desired to test...)
- exDM69 10y agoHydrogen cyanide smells like bitter almonds, methyl cyanide smells like cherries. Almonds and cherries both have CN sources in them.
- s0rce 10y agoMethyl cyanide, the very common and not particularly toxic laboratory chemical usually referred to as acetonitrile? I've worked with it and never noticed any particular cherry smell, although mostly in a fume hood. Wikipedia also makes no indication of a cherry smell.
- exDM69 10y agoAlmonds contain amygdalin as well, quantities depending on the variety. Not a good idea to eat the bitter varieties in large amounts.
- nikolay 10y agoI ate bitter almonds is decent quantities without issues. I always eat and chew the apple seeds as well.