How does the almond get into the apricot seed?!
How does the almond get into the apricot seed?
Answers:
Apricot pits are not the same as almonds, though they are edible, with some cautions.
Apricot seeds are quite bitter. Apricot seeds are considered controversial because, like apple seeds, they contain cyanide.
Apricot kernels ... can be poisonous in high doses.
It is now recommending that people consume no more than two bitter apricot kernels in a single day.
"They could be potentially lethal in high enough doses."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/490113...
Apricot pits or seeds contain cyanogenic (often spelled cyanogenetic) glycosides which release cyanide when digested. Therefore, you could conceivably be poisoned by eating too many apricot seeds. The "American Medical Association Handbook for Poisonous and Injurious Plants" (1985, AMA: Chicago) notes that people have been poisoned by eating apricot seeds. Livestock are also commonly poisoned because hundreds of plant species contain cyanogenic glycosides including sorghum species, white clover, vetch, hydrangea, arrow grass, corn, flax, lima beans, leaves and pits of Prunus species (cherries, apricots, peaches) and apple seeds. The cyanogenic glycoside in apricot is amygdalin and is the active ingredient in the bogus cancer drug laetrile.
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/apr...
There isn't any almond in an apricot, period! Almonds are nuts. They grow in their own shell on a tree. One has nothing to do with the other.
it doesn't
Who ever told you that they did. Almonds and apricots are totally different snd do not grow on the same tree.
Yes the inner part of the apricot seed does look like an almond but it is not.
I sure do like both of them and do not eat the seed of the apricot.