I stopped by the Italian Centre Shop after work to pick up some harder to find things for the Mother's Day lunch I'm having, and when I saw these fresh almonds I had to buy
them. I had no idea how to eat them and in fact had never even heard of them, but strange produce is irresistible to me. Anyway, it was cheap: only $0.35 for the large handful I bought. When I got home and googled them it seems you can eat them whole. Not for me! The fuzzy outer skin is too off-putting (I have the same trouble with peaches), so instead I cut them open and ate the small almond inside. As it is just forming, the centre has sort of an almond jelly in it, and the overall taste is sharp and fresh - kind of like the smell of fresh cut grass. If you're interested, head over soon as from what I've read these have only a short season of a few weeks.
O my, I love these fresh almonds!!! I remember eating lots of them when I was living in SF. A few friends & I drove around in Sausalito and came by one of the neighborhoods and there were rows and rows of almond trees next to the side walk. We jump on the back of the truck and picked as many and dipped them in some salt and snack on them. Wish I could find them in the NW.
ReplyDeleteI was just at the Italian store yesterday and saw them there and thought of this blogpost! Awesome. There was a little left. I'll have to get some next time around :)
ReplyDeleteWow. That's so neat - I've never seen them before.
ReplyDeleteI saw the photo and cursed you!!! Our favorite part of the 'almond' season was the fresh almonds in Ibiza. Haven't seen them in the PacNW but think of them every year. The BEST of what an almond is.
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