even with bitter almonds a grown up needs to eat quite a bit, many old recipes ask for a few bitter almonds in a preparation. A child could die with 5-6 whole

even with bitter almonds a grown up needs to eat quite a bit, many old recipes ask for a few bitter almonds in a preparation. A child could die with 5-6 whole bitter almonds, but they are really, really bitter so it's not that easy to accidentally do that.