Oh great! Well if it isn’t yet
another day I’m allergic to! This is two in one week! Oh well, I suppose I
should wish everyone a Happy National Almond Day!
Almonds are actually a type of
tree, although the fruit is edible, which is what we think of as “almonds.”
Almond trees can grow from 13-33 feet high! They can be eaten as is, or in various
baked goods. Almonds are also a common ingredient in many beauty products.
Fun Almond Fact: Thanks to the “Environmental
History” course I took with the one and only Dr. Duke who I have mentioned
before, I can tell you that almonds naturally contain cyanide. In fact, they
used to hold such high concentrations that they were (and still are in wild
form) lethal to humans. Good thing we’ve learned to modify everything to our own
benefit, eh?!
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