Q: storing nuts - refrigerate?

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Quoted message said:

I understand that it is better to buy nuts in shells, then crack them
open shortly before eating them. (That way they are less likely to get
rancid.)
But what is the best way to store nuts (IN SHELLS) - in room
temperature, a refrigerator, or a freezer?

I put them in the fridge.

Serene

bubbabu said:

I understand that it is better to buy nuts in shells, then crack them
open shortly before eating them. (That way they are less likely to get
rancid.)
But what is the best way to store nuts (IN SHELLS) - in room
temperature, a refrigerator, or a freezer?

Nuts get rancid equally shelled or unshelled.
The best way to store nuts is to freeze them.
Peanut butter freezes well too.

Didja know that nuts were originally salted to act as a preservative,
to delay rancidity... sugar is a natural preservative too, that's why
peanut butter contains sugar.

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Quoted message said:

I understand that it is better to buy nuts in shells, then crack them
open shortly before eating them. (That way they are less likely to get
rancid.)
But what is the best way to store nuts (IN SHELLS) - in room
temperature, a refrigerator, or a freezer?

Thx

In the freezer, for me. So many foods keep better there, and defrost without
assistance in a jiffy.

Felice

Sheldon said:

Nuts get rancid equally shelled or unshelled.

<b>Equally</b>? Could you provide some evidence?

Sheldon said:

bubbabu said:

I understand that it is better to buy nuts in shells, then crack them
open shortly before eating them. (That way they are less likely to get
rancid.)
But what is the best way to store nuts (IN SHELLS) - in room
temperature, a refrigerator, or a freezer?

Nuts get rancid equally shelled or unshelled.
The best way to store nuts is to freeze them.
Peanut butter freezes well too.

Didja know that nuts were originally salted to act as a preservative,
to delay rancidity... sugar is a natural preservative too, that's why
peanut butter contains sugar.

We freeze our Macadamias. They stay almost perfect. As a matter of
fact if you ever have had a fresh Macadamia, you would notice that
some commercial Macadamias you get in cans are rancid already . IMHO
that is why many of the canned Macadamias have flavoring on them.
Even the icebox is better than nothing.

OT I doubt you will be cracking Macadamias as they are so hard-
purported to be the hardest shell of any nut. Totally round too.

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