Thanks a bunch, they've been in the freezer for awhile.I believe vacuum sealing *should* work, with one potential problem I can see... nuts often have tiny worms (or worm eggs?) inside... (after finding brand name chocolate bars with almonds infested, I've only stored plain milk chocolate) I think the oven canning process kill a off any potential infestations.
Maybe freezing them first woukd do the same thing?
Summerthyme
I have been doing the same thing for years & lived to tell about it.judy
we use and store a lot of nuts . . . almonds - salted and smoked; unsalted sliced and whole; cashews whole - salted & roasted; whole raw; pistachios - salted shelled and unshelled; peanuts raw and roasted salted and shelled walnuts. typically we buy these in bulk and package them down - vacuum sealing in 1/2 gal or quart mason jars with one 100 CC O2 absorber in the quarts and 2 of them in 1/2 gal. I have never had problem with ANY of these. you may want to take a look at both of these - CHAT - memories in a bottle - tale of the 12 Y O pistachio and PREP - Nuts in long term storage
Well crap! I eat so many nuts I must have been a squirrel in a past life. Worms?I believe vacuum sealing *should* work, with one potential problem I can see... nuts often have tiny worms (or worm eggs?) inside... (after finding brand name chocolate bars with almonds infested, I've only stored plain milk chocolate) I think the oven canning process kill a off any potential infestations.
Maybe freezing them first woukd do the same thing?
Summerthyme
Yeah, they're harmless. But when you open a bar of milk chocolate and almonds, and there are tiny critters wriggling across the surface... it kind of wrecks your appetite, ya know? I once opened a pack of saltine crackers (fresh from the store!) That had a nice hatch of something... probably beetle larvae. Yuck!Well crap! I eat so many nuts I must have been a squirrel in a past life. Worms?
Odds are pretty good I've ingested some. I guess it's extra protein!
Yeah, they're harmless. But when you open a bar of milk chocolate and almonds, and there are tiny critters wriggling across the surface... it kind of wrecks your appetite, ya know? I once opened a pack of saltine crackers (fresh from the store!) That had a nice hatch of something... probably beetle larvae. Yuck!
Summerthyme