Out of date nuts?

sinister_nutmeg

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!

meritaten

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!

psso

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.

Paulie'sGirl

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.

PGxx

Gloomendoom

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.

Charis

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.

PGxx

It's also how you can get the shell off a brazil nut without crushing the nut. Thaw first, of course.

Agapanthus

meritaten wrote: »

before that I wondered why there were recipes for pickled walnuts in my old recipe book - they obviously dont keep for too long!

We get a lot of walnuts from friends - no best before date on those. In our experience they keep a couple of years and when they're off they really let you know - they taste vile!

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!:)

sinister_nutmeg

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.