Almond
A hard-shelled nut with a sweet kernel — concentrated food whose value must be worked for.
An almond in a dream is the dream's image of concentrated food whose value must be worked for. The kernel is small and rich; the shell that protects it is hard, and bypassing the shell is the first labour of using the almond. The dream brings the almond when something in your life — a piece of wisdom, a friendship that opens slowly, a deep skill — is being received from a source that does not present itself easily. An almond cracked and eaten is the dream affirming that the work to open it was repaid. An almond left whole in the bowl, never broken, is the dream noting that the shell looked too much like the thing, and the kernel inside was never reached.