Aug. 2nd, 2022

canyonwalker: Cheers! (wine tasting)
My nut sack was too big so I... froze half of it!

I'm talking, of course, about a bag of cashews from Costco. 🤣

My nut sack was too big, so I froze half. Time to thaw! (Aug 2022)

The nuts are good quality and sell at a great price, but they only come in a 2.5 lb (1.13 kg) package. It takes me about a year to consume this quantity of nuts. Over the space of a year an open bag would go stale sitting in the pantry. I've eaten stale nuts before.... They're not bad; but they're also not good. The excellent unit price Costco sells these for becomes a questionable bargain if the initially strong product quality deteriorates to the point that it's no longer enjoyable and instead is merely tolerable.

I bought these nuts back in the winter. Right away I poured half into a handy container (left over from the previous batch of nuts I bought) and froze the other half. A bit of online searching told me that nuts freeze well for several months. In addition to closing the resealable bag they came in I tucked that bag into a Zip-Loc freezer bag. I figured double air-tight layers would preserve the nuts from freezer burn, which is caused by evaporation of moisture at low temperatures.

I've just started thawing this batch of nuts so I don't know how well they did in the freezer for 6 months. I'll update soon when they're ready to eat.

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