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ooh, me too, good point. I'm sure a pesto-type thing for post-christmas light meals would go down well too - I'll leave myself a note!0
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just make sure you shell one or two of each type of nut.
I had a bag of mixed nuts left over from christmas a couple of years back and around november decided to make some fat balls for the birds and thought i would use the nuts (shelled). the hazelnuts and almonds were fine - the walnuts were definitately 'off' most of them were blackened and shriveled. the brazil nuts although they looked ok when i started chopping them they all seemed to have a yucky brownish middle.
before that I wondered why there were recipes for pickled walnuts in my old recipe book - they obviously dont keep for too long!0 -
If you don`t want to eat the nuts, you could maybe make candle holders out of them.
Stick them together - I`d use a hot glue gun- leaving a hole in the centre for a candle to sit snuggly in. Decorate with anything you like - Christmassy stuff, artificial poinsettias etc for table decorations.Fully paid up member of S.A.B.L.E.
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Hi all,
Just for future note, Rachael Ray from 30 Minute Meals reckons you should store them in the freezer to prolong their shelf life. I now do this with all my nuts.
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Oddly enough, I'm still eating my way through a big basket of hazel nuts that I picked last autumn. No ill effects yet.
Edit: Just tried a walnut, also picked last autumn, and it tasted fine as do the bought last year almonds.0 -
Paulie'sGirl wrote: »Hi all,
Just for future note, Rachael Ray from 30 Minute Meals reckons you should store them in the freezer to prolong their shelf life. I now do this with all my nuts.
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It's also how you can get the shell off a brazil nut without crushing the nut. Thaw first, of course.0 -
before that I wondered why there were recipes for pickled walnuts in my old recipe book - they obviously dont keep for too long!
Pickeld walnuts are made from unripe nuts - green walnuts picked in June, rather than October/November when they're ripe. The French make a liqueur from green walnuts, which is very nice. Mind you, the French seem to be able to make a liqueur from almost anything!:)If we are supposed to be thin, why does chocolate exist?0 -
Oh wow, I'm so glad I asked now - I feel educated about nuts in general! Thanks so much everyone.:beer:
The muesli, by the way, seems to be going down a treat, with no ill effects.0
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