Nuts

[Fruitbat]

Nuts should be stored in an airtight container away from sunlight - so the best way to keep them is in glass jars in a dark room or cupboard, right? Well I dont have any glass jars so I just make sure the plastics pakcaging is well wrapped round and help with an elastic band and I keep them in my clothes cupboard. Do you reckon that is good enough.

The reason why nuts should be stored this way is to stop the fats being changed by the air and sunlight by oxidation which makes healthy fats less healthy. For the same reason it is best ot eat nuts raw.

I would love to to a biochemical study of nuts over time under different conditions!!!! I guess it would be quite straight forward - at appointed times, extract the fats and run them out on a gas-liquid chromatography.... hmmmm ;)

[gertvegan]

I use old swedish glace tubs fb.

[ConsciousCuisine]

i KEEP MINE IN THE FREEZER SO AS TO NOT ALLOW THEM TO OXIDIZE AND BECOME RANCID. (oops!, caps lock! :) )

[Artichoke47]

I keep mine in Ziplock bags (or whatever brand) in a cabinet drawer.

[Fruitbat]

I wonder what would happen if you had a refrigerated vacuum pump that you could keep in a dark place - then it would definitely be air-tight!

I have like planned out this whole experiment right- a selection of nuts and seeds each divided into sub-categories - light air and heat exposed, light exposed but air-tight and cool, heat exposed but air-tight and dark, air available but cool and dark, light warm but airtight, light in air but cool, warm in air but dark, and airtight dark and cool - and within each group fat analysis at the same time intervals over a pre-determined amount of time!

I think the idea of Swedish glace tubs is a good one except that as yet I have been good and havent eaten any! I am saving myselt up for that Caramel one coming out in October and the Swedish glace chocolate-coated sticks!

I have never heard of freezing nuts ... I dont suppose it does them any harm infact at the very least it will keep the protein stable. Still I would be too impatient waiting for them to thaw!!!!!

[ConsciousCuisine]

No thaw time needed, really. The refrigerator or freezer works just as well to keep them fresh...

[Inchoate]

Nut oils are some of the most susceptible to rancidity that there are, short of saturated animal fats. Keep all nuts in the freezer - you can buy more in bulk, and keep them longer - and any nut oils for salads in the fridge.

[indianvegan]

We do store in our refrigerator only.

[Kiva Dancer]

I love the deep-freeze for storing nuts.

[foxytina_69]

what is your favorite nut? mine is cashews because they taste kindof creamy and soft.

[John]

Brazil

[Atlanta Newbie]

Almonds make a great snack. Can't argue with cashews, though, FoxyTina!

[Mystic]

I cannot really eat too much nuts - they make me feel sick. But I always loved macadamias and peanut butter is a weakness for me.

[gertvegan]

Apart from cedarblue, cashew . This could/should be changed to a poll perhaps.

[Artichoke47]

Walnuts

[cedarblue]

psta...pastatio...psati...oh you know what i mean! ;)

[wuggy]

Hazelnuts.

[Artichoke47]

Oh, hazelnuts sound good. Are they available year-round in the bulk food aisle or something? I never noticed them, but I guess I never particularly searched, either.

[foxytina_69]

i didnt make it a poll because there are so many different kind of nuts, i dont know them all!

[eve]

pecans

[cast_the_flames]

cashews! mmmm!

[Kiva Dancer]

Anything but walnuts. I really can't stomach them. :(

[assilembob]

:D This could go so wrong...I am thinking like my students...

I am a big fan of cashews and brazil nuts...although I never eat brazil nuts unless they happen to be in something. My favoirte type of ice cream before I went Vegan...Ben and Jerry's had some with brazil nuts in them called rain forest crunch...I am cravin...BAH on B&J for no soy options yet.
~Mel

[Roxy]

Macadamias are my favourite! When I lived in Brisbane, I used to have a macadamia tree in my yard :p

[cowpie]

Walnuts are my favorites, but I don't think there's a nut I don't like...