ALMONDS — THE CLOSE-TO-PERFECT NUT Almonds are terrific! They taste great, are perfectly portable, can be used in so many ways, and are extra healthy. I buy Trader Joe’s “Just a handful of Raw Almonds” packets, which contain thirteen 1.25 oz bags. And then, every day, one-by-one I pop these crunchy and tasty nuts as my mid-morning snack. Researching almonds for this post, I found a number of things I didn’t know about them including: We call them nuts, but an almond is actually the edible seed of a drupe, a fruit in which the outer layers are usually not...