Green fresh almonds

{Weekend Herb Blogging #267 }

It looks like 2011 will be a great year for me, food wise. A few weeks back, I jumped with joy to discover fresh chickpeas for the first time.

And now, I am snacking on fresh green almonds.

Yes!! I could not even believe my eyes seeing them at the corner grocery store that I would never stepped in before. What a find!

Fresh green almonds are incredible. Inside the thick shell and bitter skin is the small white nut, which tastes nothing like its dried version. Fresh almond is sweet, nutty and ‘milky’ – all of these flavours, but in the most subtle sense. If picked much younger, the outer skin could be eaten as well. My almonds are quite old, so you gotta shell and skin them to enjoy the flavours.

I was thinking of Poh’s fresh almond milk recipe as I drove home with a bag of green almonds. However, after tasting it, I think even the small amount of milk in the recipe would be too strong. So what is the best way to eat fresh almonds? Just as they are, I say.

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