Almonds

There are almond trees in our condo complex and on the street right outside the gate.  Actually, you can find them all over town.  They are a pretty tree.

The trees have small almonds that are in a soft shell that covers a hard shell--like a walnut. 

You can use a couple stones to take off the soft shell.  It has a very pretty red color.

When you get the soft outer shell off, you can crack the inner shell exposing the nut.

 

The actual edible nut is not very big and does not have a lot of flavor.  I guess there must be some professionally grown nuts that are more like the ones we get in the stores.