Posted on February 22, 2010.
The history of almond "Prunus Dulcis" The ancient travelers and traders, who were traveling in both directions on the Silk Road route between Greece and Turkey, used almonds in their trade, in exchange for other expensive and desirable goods. Native almond, dulcis Prunius, "one finds more and more in West Asia, and biblical references suggest that almond nuts have been grown in Israel since 2000 in British Columbia since time immemorial in the ancient land of Canaan in the book of Numbers in the Bible. Other references to almonds in the Bible are in the books of Genesis, Ecclesiastes and Jeremiah. The Old Testament Bible relates the staff of Aaron for growth and development in the edible kernel, suggested that this miracle of God expressed approval of God to Aaron and his brother, Moses acceptable as leaders of the Israelites.
Researchers believe that almonds are available on the market today evolved from an ancient plant in China (Mongolia), who had a bitter core, much like the peach pit. With more and more selective over the centuries, the grains appeared that demonstrated a characteristic sweet, spicy, crispy that U.S. producers prefer more bitter almond.
In recent years, almond nuts harvested from trees in California have become an excellent product of considerable importance. The almond first sent to the new world for America to Spain in the mid-1700s by Franciscan monks have been planted in Spanish monasteries near Sacramento, California. almond is closely related to other stone fruits such as cherry, peach and plum, but the stone that forms the food product from the kernel, but the fleshy substance that surrounds the pit. The leaves on the trees are dark green, almond, a bit like the long narrow leaves on the peach trees, a tree genetically similar and related material, a proximity that has been confused by many gardeners, but the edible parts of fruits quite different and unequivocal.
The almond tree is valued as one of the most beautiful flowering trees known in horticulture. The almond trees begin to bloom in early spring, reliable charging with beautiful pink flowers on leafless branches of trees.
The United States, agriculture, almond authorities report that 6,000 trees almond producers cultivating about 450,000 acres of almond trees, providing all the U.S. domestic market and 70% of world production and are distributed and sold 90 nations.
Most tasters nuts and gourmet food agree that the pecan nut is much more desirable as regards the taste, the production cost of the board, and supplies available on the almonds, but the aggressive promotion campaign and Superior Cooperative Association almond nut has left the marketing strategies and bureaucratic soft Association of South Pecan far behind. An advantage gained by almond tree promoters is that all European and Mideastern countries grew and used almonds in their diet for centuries and promoters have not properly distributed pecan and American advertising for this product in 'massive exposure to foreign markets and the sampling of the pecan that is necessary for success. Pecans also provide tremendous benefits to healthy bodies since their kernels contain extreme concentrations of polyunsaturated fatty acids, which are so rich in antioxidants and they protect the heart by removing clogging cholesterols that interfere with the circulation of blood in the veins and arteries. The distinctive flavor and satisfying crunch of almonds make this nut a key ingredient in candies, pies, cakes, candies for salting, roasting, and dipping into the various types of icings. marketable products are almonds almond butter, which tastes like a peanut butter and almond extract, an oil extracted from the nut is used as a strong aroma of almond flour; used as flour in cakes and pastries, a.