Re: Only the first sip

Larry Bullis (lbullis@ctc.ctc.edu)
Thu, 29 Jan 1998 14:35:48 -0800

>Actually, I think my original post was referring to the gas Hydrogen
>Cyanide, which (in extremely weak concentrations) has a smell of Almonds.
>I am not sure of this, though, and have no intention of finding out first
>hand.

I had heard that peach pits have traces of Cyanide; peaches are related
closely to almonds, I believe and yes, I think when I was a kid I
remember eating a peach pit (not the hard part!) and yes, it did taste
like almond sort of.

The hazards of being a child in Yakima, Washington, "The Fruitbowl of the
Nation".

Larry Bullis
Skagit Valley College