This custom originated with the Arabs and was copied by Crusaders returning from the Holy Lands between the 11th and 13th centuries. Marzipan remains popular today you may have seen tiny pigs, chicks, fruits and vegetables modeled from marzipan. Almonds from California are the U. S. seventh largest food export. Spain is the second largest world producer. Twenty percent of the almond is protein, its fats are poly-unsaturated, and it contains high amounts of linoleic acid, an essential oil.
Almonds are also high in Vitamin E and calcium.
It has been called the best, all round nut. For details, please email The Food Museum .