Peaches and almonds are related. Do Not Eat Peach Seeds!!!
SomeDumbGamer
It’s a peach kernel. Very similar to an almond. They’re in the same family. Almonds just lack the thick fleshy fruit that peaches do. Their thin fruit and pit husk just split open and the little almond falls out.
Broken_Frizzen
Yes, peach pits contain a compound called amygdalin, which can release cyanide when ingested.
ihate_avos
Fun fact, much of the commercially available almond extract is made from peach seeds
LeaJadis
Fun fact, peach pits are used to make almond flavoring.
DO NOT EAT peach pits as mentioned by others they are toxic unless heavily processed as it is when made into vanilla flavoring .
ibitmylip
they make amaretto liquor from those almond-looking seeds 🙂
ArtisticWatch
I ate one once
Tastes exactly like a concentrated almond/marzipan
Lived to tell the tale too.
knockingonhellsdoor
Is this your first time eating a peach?
Longjumping_Answer19
Lol
smokovcvet
Are you American by any chance?
alwen
Here’s another fun fact, wild almonds contain enough amygdalin to be toxic, too. The sweet almond kernel is a lucky mutation.
jessthamess
Peaches and almonds are basically the same plant bred for different outcomes!
mosebeast
Fun fact: the “nut” flavour in Honey Nut Cheerios is ground peach pits (not the seed – the shell that encases it)
PhenomenalPhoenix
I had the same thing happen one time. I looked it up, the peach pit is not the seed, it just *contains* the seed, which is the almond looking thing. So I planted the one I had and now I have a small sapling in a pot on the windowsill in my kitchen!
Shazz777
Ok I’ve never eaten the peach seeds but I’ve definitely eaten a lot of apricot seeds growing up. I remember someone teaching me it’s safe to eat them unless they taste bitter and to spit them out if they’re bitter.
THIS IS NOT MEDICAL ADVICE! I’m not saying you can eat this one just a random childhood memory of mine unlocked.
theAshleyRouge
Grew up in Georgia and my brother and I are a few of those seeds. Didn’t phase me, but he was sick as a dog for roughly a day. Symptoms were similar to a stomach bug, but less intense.
kstacey
I can’t believe that this is the conclusion people come to when they see things
Wedidit4thedead
Bro how did we(Americans) get so fucking dumb.
PumpkiNibbler
They contain cyanide. Eating it will not kill you it might kill cancer though
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Peaches and almonds are related. Do Not Eat Peach Seeds!!!
It’s a peach kernel. Very similar to an almond. They’re in the same family. Almonds just lack the thick fleshy fruit that peaches do. Their thin fruit and pit husk just split open and the little almond falls out.
Yes, peach pits contain a compound called amygdalin, which can release cyanide when ingested.
Fun fact, much of the commercially available almond extract is made from peach seeds
Fun fact, peach pits are used to make almond flavoring.
DO NOT EAT peach pits as mentioned by others they are toxic unless heavily processed as it is when made into vanilla flavoring .
they make amaretto liquor from those almond-looking seeds 🙂
I ate one once
Tastes exactly like a concentrated almond/marzipan
Lived to tell the tale too.
Is this your first time eating a peach?
Lol
Are you American by any chance?
Here’s another fun fact, wild almonds contain enough amygdalin to be toxic, too. The sweet almond kernel is a lucky mutation.
Peaches and almonds are basically the same plant bred for different outcomes!
Fun fact: the “nut” flavour in Honey Nut Cheerios is ground peach pits (not the seed – the shell that encases it)
I had the same thing happen one time. I looked it up, the peach pit is not the seed, it just *contains* the seed, which is the almond looking thing. So I planted the one I had and now I have a small sapling in a pot on the windowsill in my kitchen!
Ok I’ve never eaten the peach seeds but I’ve definitely eaten a lot of apricot seeds growing up. I remember someone teaching me it’s safe to eat them unless they taste bitter and to spit them out if they’re bitter.
THIS IS NOT MEDICAL ADVICE! I’m not saying you can eat this one just a random childhood memory of mine unlocked.
Grew up in Georgia and my brother and I are a few of those seeds. Didn’t phase me, but he was sick as a dog for roughly a day. Symptoms were similar to a stomach bug, but less intense.
I can’t believe that this is the conclusion people come to when they see things
Bro how did we(Americans) get so fucking dumb.
They contain cyanide. Eating it will not kill you it might kill cancer though
lol i love this post
Small baby peach
Please tell me this is satire