Storing nuts
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Storing nuts
I am experimenting with homemade MRE's as something of a side project and i was wondering if anyone had experience storing nuts not in a freezer for extended periods? I was thinking of adding roasted peanuts into the MRE's. The Nuts would be sealed in a mylar bag with no moisture so would this be suitable to store them for 2 years+?
Re: Storing nuts
Nuts contain oils which will over time, go rancid. It depends on how long you expect to keep them stored. I wouldn't be looking at nuts to last more than 2 years in mylar with oxygen absorbers and about 2 years in the freezer but that has a lot of cost attached to it (freezer space and power) . That's why nuts don't form any part of my long-term preps. If you can rotate them you could ok, but that means you need a steady diet of nuts from now on lol.
Dried fruit can last longer if you use an O2 absorber, but I wouldn't be looking to store anything with oils in it for very long.
The easiest way to figure out if something will store is to take a look at what the food storage companies are packing. They pack fruits but not nuts. If nuts could be stored long term, they'd pack them.
Dried fruit can last longer if you use an O2 absorber, but I wouldn't be looking to store anything with oils in it for very long.
The easiest way to figure out if something will store is to take a look at what the food storage companies are packing. They pack fruits but not nuts. If nuts could be stored long term, they'd pack them.
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Re: Storing nuts
This might help
http://www.eatbydate.com/proteins/nuts/ ... tion-date/
I've only just found that site..... Interesting and useful
http://www.eatbydate.com/proteins/nuts/ ... tion-date/
I've only just found that site..... Interesting and useful
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Re: Storing nuts
This is an issue for me as well, as a vegetarian. I do buy big jars of peanut butter, which helps - but I haven't dealt with very long term storage yet.
That *is* a good website, thanks for that.
That *is* a good website, thanks for that.
Re: Storing nuts
Completely unintentionally I stored some almonds off my tree for almost two years . Unintentionally because I picked them , took off the outer green flesh and put the uncracked nuts in a box and forgot about them 
. As I hadn't intended to store them I took no specific measures , they were just in an open topped biscuit box in the shed and when I eventually "discovered" them again had acquired a layer off wood dust from me working in there. Nothing ventured I thought and I cracked them open. About a quarter were spoiled and a few weren't properly formed but close to three quarters were edible .
. As I hadn't intended to store them I took no specific measures , they were just in an open topped biscuit box in the shed and when I eventually "discovered" them again had acquired a layer off wood dust from me working in there. Nothing ventured I thought and I cracked them open. About a quarter were spoiled and a few weren't properly formed but close to three quarters were edible .