Comments on: Roasting Almonds

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 21:30:16 +0000

That recipe didnt work for me

By: Dr. S.

Dr. S. — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 23:24:20 +0000

I am an old lady who sent my partner (male) to Whole Foods to get roasted almonds. He gets confused sometimes so bought the raw ones…about ten pounds of them. They tasted, well, dreadful, so I thought I would roast them but couldn’t find a recipe in any cookbook. So I just toddled over to my computer, got on line, and “voila,” there was your recipe. Afterwards I read your readers’ comments, which were very entertaining. Instead of thinking about the scariness of Bin Laden or stupidity of GWB roasting us all in nuclear Nirvana, they are squabbling about your recipe for roasting almonds and making rude remarks about your comments on $18.99 per pound Whole Foods roasted almonds. Thanks to you and your nice recipe, I will now be roasting my own almonds, be they horrid, mediocre, or excellent. P.S. I am 98 years old next month. So there! Dr. S.

By: Dr. S.

Dr. S. — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 23:23:17 +0000

By: Gil S.

Gil S. — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 11:27:49 +0000

Whoa! You just called my sweet beautiful Japanese roommate a sucker and a moron. That she could find and enjoy a treat like Marona Almonds, as little English as she speaks, is impressive. Of course fresh roasted nuts of any kind out of the oven are better than store-bought roasts. That goes from peanuts to macadamias and everything in between. There is a freshness to it. On the other hand, interesting thing I read that roasted nuts stay fresh a lot longer than raw nuts.

Overall I agree on so many points. For $20 a pound you could have some amazing things — just think of the meat or mushrooms, etc., at that price. Love the comment about the thin line between done roasting and burnt.

Is any old table salt good? Call me crazy but in most dishes a high-quality sea salt is so much better, and given how far salt goes around it’s not that expensive a proposition.

By: peterb

peterb — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 02:31:27 +0000

Yes, but the reason they taste so good there is because YOU ARE IN MADRID.

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 02:24:22 +0000

Marcona almonds are terrific. Spend some time in Madrid and eat them with a good wine from Penendes and you’ll stop feeling so smug. They taste dramatically different from other kinds almonds. Yes, they are expensive in the U.S., but only because they have historically not been exported at scale.

By: peterb

peterb — Sat, 20 Aug 2005 16:37:40 +0000

Sure, it’ll work fine. They just won’t taste as good.

By: bill l

bill l — Sat, 20 Aug 2005 16:26:00 +0000

I am on a low salt diet. Would the same method work without salt?

By: Almodholic anonymous

Almodholic anonymous — Thu, 14 Apr 2005 03:06:32 +0000

What??? Marcona Almonds are awesome! I’d pay $40 if I had to. Call me sucker…but I prefer the term addict. If you know how to get something that good cheaper I’d love to buy it!

By: Friendly Neighborhood almond muncher:)

Friendly Neighborhood almond muncher:) — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 08:51:41 +0000

yeah those ppl who buy marcona almonds arent just suckers…they are morons…but anyways yeah i was looking up a site for roasting my own almonds found this and seems that its exactly the same as i already thought, but thankyou anyways, i had wanted to check and make sure be4 actualy roasting them,lol, ttyl oh yeah and p.s., raw almonds are awsome and can even be very good in baked goods that use bittersweet chocolate:) yum!