The spicy almonds and pecans that are in my recipe file, I ruined them. First of all, I had only almonds. I was heating up the oven to 375 to cook chicken that was dredged in milk, seasoned flour, egg then bread crumbs. The gas oven at 7.500 feet above sea level was at 275 so I put in the nuts for five minutes. Around four minutes the oven beeped and I started smelling a bad thing, burned nuts.
I rescued and cooled them immediately and some may be worth saving. Darn it. Whole Foods had a sale. These raw nuts are usually $6.99 per pound and I got them for $3.99 per pound. I bagged them and will try one tomorrow. Darn it, it’s a great thing to have on hand for guests. Chalk it up to today being a crazy day awaiting a guest for the weekend.
There are lots of logistics involved so losing a pound of nuts isn’t a big deal, it’s just one favorite snack food I like to have on hand. Life goes on. Thanks for reading and contributing! Dee
Cooking with Dee 