I have seen multiple people claim that almonds don't taste good, and look, if we can't have almonds anymore because it's destroying the world, then I won't have almonds I guess. But I simply will not have the greatest nut slandered. A toasted almond is sublime. Almond extract elevates most desserts
I hate all tree nuts. Like a physical aversion. They cause pain on my taste buds.
I used to think "Why would anyone eat Rocky Road ice cream? It has walnuts which are spicy in a bad way and hurt your mouth" and then I discovered that I am actually allergic to walnuts.
I discovered my pecan allergy when I was fed a big bite of pecan pie as a kid & my mouth suddenly felt like someone had poured bleach into it. Walnuts make my tongue fuzzy in a very uncomfortable "yeahh, maybe don't do this" way. Fun times!
Just because the grapes are out of reach (they will exhaust our fresh water to grow them) doesn't mean they are sour.
Although oat milk is better than almond milk imo.
Smh making me violate Joseph solidarity with takes like these
Sorry, they are mid tier for me. Almond flavored things, though, are delicious, I will give you that.
*hoards marzipan*
I've been known to eat marzipan straight. I doubt I'm alone in that.
You are not, in fact, alone
I would live solely on marzipan if I could.
The Trader Joe's near us get in marzipan-filled Danish kringles and it's my very favorite thing about this time of year. None of the rest of my family likes it as much so it's just me slowly polishing off an entire kringle over two weeks.
Amaretto drizzled over ice cream is sublime; marzipan (in moderation) is amazing; well-made almond macaroons are spectacular.
(Not that huge a fan of things made from almond flour, though my sweetie has been trying to convert me)
Pastries with almond extract are so damn good.
It’s sort of like tomatoes and tomato products for me. Tomato soup, tomato sauce, tomato juice, ketchup, all my favorites. Tomatoes themselves? Meh.
Ooooo, this is me. I need my tomatoes processed or cooked, fresh tomatoes are terrible.
I love raw tomatoes (I eat them like apples) and I love making my own sauces. But I hate ketchup and almost any kind of sweet marinara.
Yep, Ketchup on a burger is glorious.
Tomato in a burger is a slice of wet, slimy, nonsense that destroys everything that is pleasurable about eating a burger.
I can’t deal with tomato chunks. I have tried for years but at 47 I think it’s a lost cause. Ketchup is still out but spicy tomato sauces are fine by me. My weirdness is that the standard American condiments are also a no-go; mayo, mustard, and the aforementioned ketchup.
My wife deliberately arranging slices of heirloom tomatoes on a plate while she describes to me how allegedly "life altering" they are with the same enthusiasm as my college roommate introducing me to his new 5 foot glow-in-the-dark bong.
I've never understood how you can say a certain food tastes good, but it's always on the condition that you add something to it or add it to something else.
Almond is unequivocally my top nut, then peanut, then the rest of them mostly interchangeably. A toasted almond is one of my perfect foods
I also feel that each nut has things that it's good at, and they're not interchangable. There are places a pecan is perfect, but it's not the same places as where an almond is perfect
Absolutely yes
yeah that's fair i don't want an almond pie or pecan milk
For me it’s toasted cashews, but almonds are pretty damn near the top (probably 3rd to pistachio)
I've always liked almonds but I used to hate almond flavored things. the smell reminded me of soap I think.
I was going to list what I thought were one or two nuts superior to the humble almond, but my list kept growing until almonds were basically a bottom tier nut.
Almond over Macadamia?
Madness.
I prefer pecans, though almonds are a second place for me
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And they SHOULD NOT be grown here! We do not have the climate for them!
I like almonds fine, but there are much better milk substitutes than almond milk, and pecans taste better, anyway! Why are we destroying our state for, at best, a MID nut?!
Almonds are grown almost entirely in California. Pecans are native to the eastern US and are grown commercially in the south, with Georgia growing 35% of the crop. Once abundant in the Mississippi Valley up through Illinois, pecan trees have largely been supplanted by crops. 2/4
This is what almonds are for. But then you have to not eat all the almonds.
I can't have ice cream anymore so I eat a bowl of cereal with almond milk instead and tbh it's way better than ice cream
I love almonds and many other nuts (just not the metaphorical ones I used to have)
almonds are also good! but we love a local(ish) nut. I need to see if my tastes have matured enough for walnuts yet
so i don't like nuts
except i tried walnuts recently and they weren't that bad
and almonds don't count because they've always tasted nice
so I might have to try chestnuts
I like the Plenish almond milk if that helps. It’s just almonds, water and a bit of salt.
I have never in my life heard of an “almond pie,” so I don’t understand who these nuts are who eat almonds instead of pecans at Thanksgiving.
Nuts are an major part of Thanksgiving. The climate crisis has to be addressed at the global level, but consumer choice plays a role. One thing we can do is switch from almonds (R in photo) to pecans (L). Both are similar in nutrition, but it is water use and geography that makes a difference. 🌍 1/4
I don't necessarily prefer either (and don't have much of a sweet tooth as is), I just wanna know what a milk chocolate Mounds would taste like without requiring me to rip the almonds off of an AlmondJoy and eat the almonds first.
I know we are all anti-almond right now- and I’m not going to argue about the terrible environmental impact.
But, green almonds, almonds that are just barely ripe (or not quite ripe) and you eat them fresh- are so good.
Like Spargel they have a short season- but unlike Spargel the hype is merited.
Almonds are awful. I hate them. I don't get the appeal. That said I also don't get pistachios, and pistachios have a lot of the same cali water issues as almonds.
sometimes i eat so many damb almonds i have to stop eating almonds for years
I eat almonds and drink almond milk to manage my diabetes. But if I can switch to pecans and oat milk for the environment then I’ll do that.
Trust me, with all that butter and brown sugar, it will taste like butterscotch. Not super-strong, but it's there. I may have underbaked it a tad, too, so I recommend going the full time and making sure it's browned. I used chopped almonds for the nuts; would do it again.
I don't understand how some people do it. I simply like almonds far too much!
In fact, I might have some dark chocolate with almonds on this the first day of November.
Almonds are the worst. I will choose pecans, walnuts, pistachios, peanuts, pepitas, hazelnuts, pine nuts, virtually anything first. Flaked and toasted for texture in a salad is the only format I can be bothered with. I won’t even talk about how almond paste is the syphilis of the pastry world
Man…I do love nuts but not a fan of cashews. Peanuts are fine and maybe would be appreciated more if they weren’t so common. I think I like pecans the most, then almonds, then…not really sure. Black walnuts are pretty terrible.
Shelled pistachios are the most opulent snack to have and I think to me a pistachio is a superior nut. Almonds are a second, but they shine as a workhorse nut. Pine is a third.
I've been deathly allergic to almonds for a couple of years. In the past week, I discovered last minute that Skor has almonds, found a chocolate covered almond in a box of chocolate covered raisins, and was sent a cocktail containing almond syrup at a bar. I feel hunted.
*evil almonds plotting gif*
My only contribution to Almond Discourse is that Making Almonds Go Away is a much more difficult battle than I think anyone realizes. You can't even get the best versions of almonds into America because of literal Big Almond here. You can't just make pecans happen.
Ha! The chocolate I eat sure does!
I have a dark chocolate with chopped almonds!
they don’t taste anything like almonds or walnuts, the texture is totally different, and they’re way more dessert-oriented.
almond milk tastes like i drank a cup of water and then shoved a fistful of almonds in my mouth and chewed ferociously
And it isn’t only beef. Almond milk is also a major culprit. 80% of global almonds come from California which doesn’t have the water for thirsty almond trees.
13% of all of California’s developed water supply is used to grow almonds in one of the driest parts of the world!
