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There are almonds inside peaches!

by Sumit Menon
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I just ate a dried peach... I heard something inside the seed when I shook it, so I decided to crack it open. Voila.. Out pops a mini-almond!

What's next? Human babies out of dog poop? :p

Sumit.
  • Profile picture of the author Thomas
    It may have looked like an almond, but it wasn't one, although I believe almonds and peaches are close enough genetically that they can be cross-bred.

    That "something" inside the seed was actually just..well, the inside of the seed, released from it's harder outer "shell". Hope you didn't eat it though; if you did, and were expecting an "almond-y" taste, I'll bet you got a bit of a surprise.
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    • Profile picture of the author Roaddog
      Yep Sumit,

      More proof it's the end of the world, just the other day I was eating watermelon and sunflower seeds fell out.

      If all this mixed up fruit doesn't show those naysayers, I just don't know what will..:rolleyes:
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    • Profile picture of the author ThomM
      Originally Posted by Thomas View Post

      It may have looked like an almond, but it wasn't one, although I believe almonds and peaches are close enough genetically that they can be cross-bred.

      That "something" inside the seed was actually just..well, the inside of the seed, released from it harder outer "shell". Hope you didn't eat it; if you did, and were expecting an "almond-y" taste, I'll bet you got a bit of a surprise.
      Yep both members of the Prunus family. As are Plums, Cherries, and Apricots.
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    Fruit is already being cross-bred with humans.

    Today I complimented a young woman on having a nice pear.

    She then kicked me in the nuts.
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    • Profile picture of the author Bill Farnham
      Originally Posted by whateverpedia View Post

      Fruit is already being cross-bred with humans.
      Let's keep the politics out of these threads...
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