>Almonds are in the same family, though, and I eat a lot of almonds with no
>adverse reaction that I can see.

i avoid almonds since i read this:
"But not even ardent nut lovers eat wild almonds, of which a few dozen
contain enough cyanide (the poison used in Nazi gas chambers) to kill
us....Almonds provide a striking example of bitter seeds and their change
under domestication.  Most wild almond seeds contain an intensely bitter
chemical called amygdalin, which breaks down to yield the poison cyanide.  A
snack of wild almonds can kill a person foolish enough to ignore the warning
of bitter taste."

(from _Guns, Germs, and Steel-The Fates of Human Societies_, by Jared
Diamond. very interesting as it relates to the domestication of plants)

JoAnn.