I just ate a handful of oily salted Spanish almonds. I got hooked on them while in the Canary Islands.
In their natural state, wild almonds are mostly poisonous. It is a mutation that made them edible.
I’ve heard that someone who has swallowed cyanide has a breath that smells of almonds. On another note, IIRC, I have seen many photos of almond groves gone to dust because of water shortages caused by the EPA, BLM, and little tiny snail darters. Am I correct?
Must have been a very long time ago, they are mentioned in Genesis and other books of the O.T.
I don't know why it's mentioned as though it's not a nut (separately):
a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds