Re: Q: storing nuts - refrigerate?bubbabu wrote:
> I understand that it is better to buy nuts in shells, then crack them
> open shortly before eating them. (That way they are less likely to get
> rancid.)
> But what is the best way to store nuts (IN SHELLS) - in room
> temperature, a refrigerator, or a freezer?
Nuts get rancid equally shelled or unshelled.
The best way to store nuts is to freeze them.
Peanut butter freezes well too.
Didja know that nuts were originally salted to act as a preservative,
to delay rancidity... sugar is a natural preservative too, that's why
peanut butter contains sugar.