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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Almond extract is made from bitter almonds which contain cyanide.  There is
hydrogren cyanide in lots of organic things like almonds, peach pits, etc.
The almond smell is actually created by the cyanide in the almonds and thus
not a mystery as to why cyanide smells like bitter almond.

Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 3:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Notes From the Farm


>
> >It turns out that the mystery of why cyanide smells of almond extract may
> >be solved.  The two molecules both have the same vibrational frequency.
>
> Vibrations aside, almonds contain cyanin, I think. Seems to me that there
> are people who eat almonds because of this, that it decreases chances of
cancer.
>
>
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