I am allergic to tree nuts. That means walnuts, cashews, and hazelnuts, to name a few. I have always eaten cereals with almonds in them and for the longest time, I've been freaked out that all of a sudden I will have an allergic reaction to them. I learned the hard way that although cashews look like elongated peanuts, they are not. My tongue tingles and my throat gets inflamed. I get hives all over my body and can't breathe too well. I've had this happen enough times that I really would not care to have it happen again.
In bio, we've been studying plants and phylogenies. I learned that pineapples, rice, and spanish moss are all in the same order. Pretty cool. So I figured I would look up almonds. Turns out, they are like the core of a peach. Not really a nut at all, but just a seed. Yep. Yay for me and my future with almonds.
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