Almond cyanide poisoning

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We occasionaly find free food when we are out and about with the motor home.
Today my partner returned from a wander around our evening park up with some almonds and pomegranate courtesy of the French countryside.
On trying the almonds I found they had a lovely undertone almond flavour but a horrid over taste.
I ate it non the less and on trying a couple more I found them to be the same.
My tongue then started to feel a little numb so I decided to do a little searching just in case I had poisoned myself (can't blame my partner as she didn't say I had to eat them!).

I learned that there are two types of almond; sweet and bitter. You should avoid the latter as they have a way of giving you cyanide poisoning.

So don't stop foraging but be careful out there.
On to the pomegranate next....

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