i love almendra criolla. especially fresh and still moist! i buy them in jose luis in POP. there are plenty of almond trees in costambar and i could easily get a life supply by collecting them from the street when i walk my dogs, but alas, opening the damn thing takes me at least 15 minutes and the result is mashed almond with lots of hard bits in it.
one of our worker's mother makes sweets from almonds (dulce de almendra, super tasty) and she can crack open a huge bag of them within few hours. one hit per almendra.