Green Almond 2lb چغاله بادام
These fuzzy green pods are green almonds. These baby nutlets appear on almond trees after the blooms fall. Green almonds, a celebration of spring, mark the calendar in countries where almond trees grow.
Cousin to the peach, plum, and apricot, Prunus amygdalus, the almond is the first fruit tree to bloom in spring. Once the fragrant almond blossoms fall, clusters of pale green pods remain on their branches. Called ‘green almonds’, these embryonic almonds will grow into the nut we all know.
In the early stages, dainty almond pods resemble fuzzy, unripe peaches, with none of their juicy pulp. (Ever tasted the bitter kernel inside an apricot or peach pit? That’s a distant cousin of the sweet almond we eat today.) If you wait 7 months, the budlets will dry out and crack open revealing the pit, a hard shell containing a creamy almond within. (Read about my definition of the stages of green almonds here.)
Leave it in Water for a few hours, then enjoy it with Salt
Green almonds are eaten in different ways depending on ethnic traditions, geographic location and the stage of growth of the fruit. If you grew up in Iran you might have eaten the pods whole when they are still young and tender, a sour novelty, symbol of the first green fruit to appear.
These fuzzy green pods are green almonds. These baby nutlets appear on almond trees after the blooms fall. Green almonds, a celebration of spring, mark the calendar in countries where almond trees grow.
Cousin to the peach, plum, and apricot, Prunus amygdalus, the almond is the first fruit tree to bloom in spring. Once the fragrant almond blossoms fall, clusters of pale green pods remain on their branches. Called ‘green almonds’, these embryonic almonds will grow into the nut we all know.
In the early stages, dainty almond pods resemble fuzzy, unripe peaches, with none of their juicy pulp. (Ever tasted the bitter kernel inside an apricot or peach pit? That’s a distant cousin of the sweet almond we eat today.) If you wait 7 months, the budlets will dry out and crack open revealing the pit, a hard shell containing a creamy almond within. (Read about my definition of the stages of green almonds here.)
Leave it in Water for a few hours, then enjoy it with Salt
Green almonds are eaten in different ways depending on ethnic traditions, geographic location and the stage of growth of the fruit. If you grew up in Iran you might have eaten the pods whole when they are still young and tender, a sour novelty, symbol of the first green fruit to appear.
These fuzzy green pods are green almonds. These baby nutlets appear on almond trees after the blooms fall. Green almonds, a celebration of spring, mark the calendar in countries where almond trees grow.
Cousin to the peach, plum, and apricot, Prunus amygdalus, the almond is the first fruit tree to bloom in spring. Once the fragrant almond blossoms fall, clusters of pale green pods remain on their branches. Called ‘green almonds’, these embryonic almonds will grow into the nut we all know.
In the early stages, dainty almond pods resemble fuzzy, unripe peaches, with none of their juicy pulp. (Ever tasted the bitter kernel inside an apricot or peach pit? That’s a distant cousin of the sweet almond we eat today.) If you wait 7 months, the budlets will dry out and crack open revealing the pit, a hard shell containing a creamy almond within. (Read about my definition of the stages of green almonds here.)
Leave it in Water for a few hours, then enjoy it with Salt
Green almonds are eaten in different ways depending on ethnic traditions, geographic location and the stage of growth of the fruit. If you grew up in Iran you might have eaten the pods whole when they are still young and tender, a sour novelty, symbol of the first green fruit to appear.