Did you know about Almonds?

Did you know about Almonds?

• shirleyoma 16 years ago
  Did you know
  
  What blooms like a peach, looks like a peach, but unlike
  a peach, is not eaten for its fruit?
  
  The almond, the nut of nuts in terms of world nut trade.
  Closely related to the peach, the plum and the apricot, the
  almond is so old botanists believe it is a prehistoric hybrid
  of unknown origins. Probably from Turkey and environs, the
  almond has been found in Bronze Age (3100-1100BC) sites in
  both Cyprus and Greece.
  
  One of the most usual uses of the almond is in marzipan,
  the sweet paste candy made from ground nuts. This custom
  originated with the Arabs and was copied by Crusaders returning
  from the Holy Lands between the 11th and 13th centuries.
  Marzipan remains popular today-you may have seen tiny pigs,
  chicks, fruits and vegetables modeled from marzipan.
  
  Almonds from California are the U. S.' seventh largest food
  export. California supplies more than 70% of all the almonds the
  world eats, and 100% of U.S. demand. Spain is the second largest
  world producer.
  
  Twenty percent of the almond is protein, its fats are poly-
  unsaturated, and it contains high amounts of linoleic acid, an
  essential oil. Almonds are also high in Vitamin E and calcium.
  It has been called 'the best, all round nut.'
  
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