Mixed nuts

coffeehound

Daz2009 said:

sarah1972 said:

Daz2009 said:

coffeehound said:

I suppose price is going to depend on what nuts are in the mix.  Do you have any preferences or requirements?

No,I don't mind at all although they're going in cereal bars so whole nuts are going to be too big,hence I buy chopped

Ah that makes my link irrelevant, sorry you didn’t mention they were chopped in your OP.

not necessarily,I could chop them if I knew how lol

Freezer bag and rolling pin usually does the job (not coconuts, tho.)  

Mnoee

Daz2009 said:

sarah1972 said:

Daz2009 said:

coffeehound said:

I suppose price is going to depend on what nuts are in the mix.  Do you have any preferences or requirements?

No,I don't mind at all although they're going in cereal bars so whole nuts are going to be too big,hence I buy chopped

Ah that makes my link irrelevant, sorry you didn’t mention they were chopped in your OP.

not necessarily,I could chop them if I knew how lol

You can use a chefs knife in a rocking motion, herb chopper, or whack them with a rolling pin while they're safely contained in a bag as mentioned by someone else. A food processor would also work, but be careful as they can end up too fine very quickly. 

Murphybear

Rosa_Damascena said:

Cornucopia said:g

Lidl nuts include whole Mixed Nuts.  They are normally £1.59 for 200g, but often appear on the weekend offers (all the nuts do), when they are typically £1.19.

But whilst we're on the subject, these tend to lose their freshness quickly. I have bought numerous bags and it's always the hazelnuts at fault, they go bitter.

Unfortunately nuts go rancid very quickly if they are not used up.  I use a lot of nuts and found that if I bought them in bulk I ended up throwing some away.

I buy them in The Grape Vine or one of those shops that sells dry goods loose, you take your own containers.

coffeehound

Murphybear said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

But whilst we're on the subject, these tend to lose their freshness quickly. I have bought numerous bags and it's always the hazelnuts at fault, they go bitter.

Unfortunately nuts go rancid very quickly if they are not used up.  I use a lot of nuts and found that if I bought them in bulk I ended up throwing some away.

I suppose this is dependant on how fresh the nuts are at point of sale.  Some supermarket nuts I've bought have already been well past their best.  OTOH 4 kg of mixed nuts that came from an ebay shop were really crisp and crunchy and stayed that way for the ~4 months it took me to munch through them.

sarah1972

Daz2009 said:

sarah1972 said:

Daz2009 said:

coffeehound said:

I suppose price is going to depend on what nuts are in the mix.  Do you have any preferences or requirements?

No,I don't mind at all although they're going in cereal bars so whole nuts are going to be too big,hence I buy chopped

Ah that makes my link irrelevant, sorry you didn’t mention they were chopped in your OP.

not necessarily,I could chop them if I knew how lol

I pop mine in my processor and pulse until chopped enough x 

MrsStepford

I would buy whole nuts, put them on a solid, thick chopping voard, cover them with a clean teatowel, then whack em with a meat tenderiser or small mallet. Great stress reliever. Alternatively, if your food processor is up to the job, use that in batches. What you don't want though, is a ruined processor and nuts smelling of burnt plastic.

If you use the price per 100g as a consistent price marker, you can earch for bargains anywhere. I have bought mine from Costco, from offers on Holland & Barrett, on offer at Morrisons, in Poundland, from Lidl and on offer at Tesco. 

Cornucopia

Aldi has introduced a new range of baking ingredients.   AFAICT, these include Chopped Mixed Nuts, Chopped Apricot, Coconut and Chopped Dates.  

The Chopped Nuts are 99p for 175g.

MrsStepford

Poundland is selling Whitworths Nibbly Nuts. 300g monkey nuts, 100g almonds, 100g walnuts, all £1 each. 

Cornucopia

MrsStepford said:

Poundland is selling Whitworths Nibbly Nuts. 300g monkey nuts, 100g almonds, 100g walnuts, all £1 each. 

I don't find Poundland that cheap for things like this.   Although their Smoked Almonds are delicious.

Daz2009

MrsStepford said:

Poundland is selling Whitworths Nibbly Nuts. 300g monkey nuts, 100g almonds, 100g walnuts, all £1 each. 

Oh !!!!!!,I was in Poundland earlier but hadn't seen this message