Home
Forums
New posts
Contact Us
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Search All
Members
Current visitors
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Contact Us
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Really good
Food and Drinks
How Almonds Went From Deadly To Delicious
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1238" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/06/13/732160949/how-almonds-went-from-deadly-to-delicious" target="_blank"><strong>How Almonds Went From Deadly To Delicious - npr</strong></a></p><p></p><p>St. Basil's Hexaemeron, a Christian text from around the <a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/article/9777/summary" target="_blank">fourth century</a>, contains a <a href="https://www.abbaziagreca.it/en/documents/collection/esameron_st_basil.pdf" target="_blank">curious botanical instruction</a>: Pierce an almond tree in the trunk near its roots, stick a "fat plug of pine" into its center — and its almond seeds will undergo a remarkable change.</p><p></p><p>"Thus the ... bitter almonds ... lose the acidity of their juice, and become delicious fruits," the text reads. "Let not the sinner then despair of himself. ... If agriculture can change the juices of plants, the efforts of the soul to arrive at virtue, can certainly triumph over all infirmities." The cause of this change, scientists later theorized, was stress: Jamming pine wood into the almond tree's core may have halted production of the toxins.</p><p></p><p>We don't need pine wood to turn almonds sweet anymore. Most almonds produced today are naturally tasty and safe to eat. Back then, though, many were bitter and poisonous. Even today, <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3793392/" target="_blank">consuming 50 — or fewer — wild, bitter almonds</a> could potentially kill an adult, and just a handful contain enough cyanide to be lethal to a child.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1238, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/06/13/732160949/how-almonds-went-from-deadly-to-delicious'][B]How Almonds Went From Deadly To Delicious - npr[/B][/URL] St. Basil's Hexaemeron, a Christian text from around the [URL='https://muse.jhu.edu/article/9777/summary']fourth century[/URL], contains a [URL='https://www.abbaziagreca.it/en/documents/collection/esameron_st_basil.pdf']curious botanical instruction[/URL]: Pierce an almond tree in the trunk near its roots, stick a "fat plug of pine" into its center — and its almond seeds will undergo a remarkable change. "Thus the ... bitter almonds ... lose the acidity of their juice, and become delicious fruits," the text reads. "Let not the sinner then despair of himself. ... If agriculture can change the juices of plants, the efforts of the soul to arrive at virtue, can certainly triumph over all infirmities." The cause of this change, scientists later theorized, was stress: Jamming pine wood into the almond tree's core may have halted production of the toxins. We don't need pine wood to turn almonds sweet anymore. Most almonds produced today are naturally tasty and safe to eat. Back then, though, many were bitter and poisonous. Even today, [URL='https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3793392/']consuming 50 — or fewer — wild, bitter almonds[/URL] could potentially kill an adult, and just a handful contain enough cyanide to be lethal to a child. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Really good
Food and Drinks
How Almonds Went From Deadly To Delicious
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn more…
Top