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| Author | Topic: shelf life of hand-shelled nuts? |
| Vanessa 08-06-2002 12:25 PM | For how long can you keep the nuts once you've unshelled them? Let's say I unshell a bunch of them and keep them in a glass jar/plastic container, are they still good to consume or useless (due to loss of freshness or nutrients) after let's say a week? |
| Wai 08-06-2002 02:10 PM | The shell protects the nut against moulds. You can taste it when the nut has really deteriorated, but I don't think this goes for (all) moulds 'ínfiltrating' the nut. I personally don't take the risk and eat the hand-shelled nuts that same day. They also taste best when consumed 'freshly shelled'. (not dehydrated) |
| Carolyn 09-23-2002 11:55 AM | Wai, i REALLY LOVE NUTS ![[Big Grin]](../biggrin.gif) and i have searched in every store in the vicinity of my house for unshelled/shelled by hand nuts but unfortunately i did not find any brazil nuts!!! ![[Frown]](../frown.gif) The only nuts i found unshelled were pistacchios, peanuts (can these be eaten raw???) & chick peas - are these a good substitute for brazil nuts? (as these are only availiable in the winter over here) Oh yes and one more thing - supposing that i leave the brazil nuts in their shell, how long will they remain fresh? Thanks! |
| Taylor 09-23-2002 02:17 PM | brazil nuts in shell are available at www.nutsonline.com |
| monica 09-23-2002 02:48 PM | I got my unshelled Brazil nuts from Vons!! ![[Smile]](../smile.gif) |
| Wai 09-24-2002 12:59 PM | quote:the pistachios and peanuts that you can buy are never raw; they are roasted in the shell. quote:Chick peas cannot be consumed raw. quote:You can store and eat them up to 3 years after, depending on how fresh they are. |