Jordan Almonds QUestion

shelzyp Posted: Aug 13, 2003 10:28 AM

Jordan Almonds QUestion

I am putting 5 jordan almonds in an organza bag, how early before the wedding can I do these, without them melting or getting stale.

tanbride Posted: Aug 13, 2003 10:31 AM

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I just picked mine up for my wedding on 9/21- the store told me that it's fine the wrap them now as long as there are kept in a cool, dry place!

kelly6273 Posted: Aug 13, 2003 10:33 AM

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I'm not really sure, but if you call Ralph's Rotten Nut Pound...I'm sure that they will be able to tell you. Their number is 631.351.1638.

shelzyp Posted: Aug 13, 2003 10:49 AM

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Hopefully the humidity will break, becasue my house is not cool or dry!

I think I will store the ones I have made at my job, I think the A/C is on all the time.

Thanks

aliciahelene Posted: Aug 13, 2003 11:42 AM

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wow..I hadnt even thought of that. I am doing teh almonds as well, I bought them last month, they are in their bags selaed..i wastold they didnt get stale as long as they are in their sealed bags..but my wedding isnt until Jnauary, five months away..I wonder if Ill be ok. I guess the closer it gets, Ill open up a bag, if their stale Ill just buy new ones.

HearzBellz Posted: Aug 13, 2003 11:44 AM

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alicia - they weill be fine... I am getting mine this week too..... as long as you keep them in the bag they will last until your 1st anniversary

aliciahelene Posted: Aug 13, 2003 11:51 AM

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Yea.thanks for telling me that Hearzbellz!!!

HearzBellz Posted: Aug 13, 2003 11:57 AM

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I love jordan almonds... I always buy them when we go to the carnivals & stuff.... those things are practically indestructible!

they are sooooooooo yummy though

aliciahelene Posted: Aug 13, 2003 12:17 PM

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I love them too! When we were small, my parents would give us handfull at teh mall and tell us to make them last the whole time we were there..I never could,.I bite them right away..I LOVE THEM!!!! Is anyone going to use that poem with the almonds? I think I am.I just havent figured out what I will put it on yet.

shelzyp Posted: Aug 13, 2003 12:31 PM

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I am attaching the poem to the bag of 5 almonds.
They are fine in the plastic bag, but I opened them and put them into the organza one's which I think might get melted becasue of the humidity

mv1003 Posted: Aug 13, 2003 12:35 PM

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What poem?
I just got the almonds this past weekend for my 10/19 wedding- going to start wrapping in Sept.

shelzyp Posted: Aug 13, 2003 12:37 PM

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this is the one I am using

Jordan Almonds for Thee

Five sugared almonds for each guest to eat
To remind us that life is both bitter and sweet.
Five wishes for the new husband and wife --
Health, wealth, happiness, children, and a long life!

aliciahelene Posted: Aug 13, 2003 01:30 PM

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Thats the poem Im using..what are you putting it on? What type of paper? I wanted to attach mine to my almonds as well, but havent figured out what paper to put it on? Do you have any advice? Thanks!!!!

shelzyp Posted: Aug 13, 2003 02:07 PM

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I have extra vellum from my programs, so I will be printing it on vellum and putting a small hole in the tag and tieing it to the organza bag

tanbride Posted: Aug 13, 2003 02:07 PM

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We aren't doing a poem but this is the insert we are using:

Sugar Almond Bomboniere is an Italian wedding tradition meant to remind relatives and friends of the happiest moments of our lives. The almonds, with their natural bitterness covered with sugar, symbolize the “bittersweet” life of a married couple. The five almonds represent Health, Wealth, Fertility, Happiness, and Long Life.

Thank you for sharing in our very special day!
Dina & Phil

bridget&jimmy Posted: Aug 13, 2003 02:18 PM

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You should put the organza bags witht he almonds in them in a big ziploc bag just to keep the moisture of the air out of them. They could get a little moist and the coloring may smudge if they get wet.

Bridget

aliciahelene Posted: Aug 13, 2003 02:36 PM

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ooohhhh..tan bride..I like that too!! I may do that instead of teh poem. Hmmm.....

tanbride Posted: Aug 13, 2003 02:48 PM

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feel free to copy it - i wanted to infuse a little italian tradition into my favor. We are also giving out CDs with the almonds and the saying attached.

shelzyp Posted: Aug 13, 2003 02:51 PM

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If you go on the knot, there is an article about the meanings of jordan almonds in different cultures.

aliciahelene Posted: Aug 13, 2003 04:31 PM

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I never knew that sehlzyp. I am going to check that out! My mother is Irish and my father is Italian, my fiance is from Trinidad. I would love to tell my guests what they mean in the cultures! thankyou for telling me that!