XPost: alt.home.repair, rec.food.baking   
   From: "@frank.net   
      
   On 2/27/2022 12:16 PM, gtr wrote:   
   > My wife buys expensive sliced almonds (that is, they are twice as expensive   
   > than whole almonds are) to bake at 450F for five or so minutes until   
   > browned   
   > which we use for sprinkling on salads and on yogurts and the like.   
   >   
   > I'm a DIY type person when it comes to simply slicing an almond.   
   > Or so I had thought.   
   >   
   > I _tried_ to slice them in the hand held food slicer but it's impossible.   
   > I tried to chop them using a meat tenderizer hammer but it's too brutal.   
   > I tried to grind them using a coffee grinder but they turn into flour.   
   > (And don't suggest grind them less because you can't control almonds.)   
   > (Been there. Done that. At least with _my_ hand-held coffee grinder tool.)   
   > (You can control coffee beans, but coffee beans are not almond seeds.)   
   > (You either mostly get half flour and half whole almonds, or all flour.)   
   >   
   > What common homeowner kitchen tool will slice or evenly chop whole almonds?   
      
   I googled it and found stuff like this:   
      
   https://www.amazon.com/Prepworks-Progressive-GFNC-3-CHOPPER-Size   
   dp/B07HJR99QD/ref=asc_df_B07HJR99QD/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&   
   vadid=309764494680&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11490853775302183803&h   
   pone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=   
   9007458&hvtargid=pla-576772531853&psc=1   
      
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