On Sunday, February 27, 2022 at 12:16:23 PM UTC-5, 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?

A food processor will chop them. The blade type coffee grinder should
too if you just briefly pulse it. But with both of those, you will get a variety
of size pieces and usually some that are very large, so you have to pour
it out, pick out the pieces that are too big, then put them in with more new
ones and continue. And the result is still almond pieces, not slices, so
it's not going to be ideal for some recipes. For typical home cooking,
given the volume used, it's not that much savings and easier to just buy
them sliced.