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Freezin' Deez Nuts!
Jan. 7th, 2026 01:35 pmRecently I froze my nuts off. ...Not all of them, though. Only 2/3.
"Wait," you might wonder, "You have three nuts?" 🫨
Actually I have over 2 pounds of nuts. As I've shared before, my nut-sack is too big. 😧
Though this time my nuts didn't come in a sack. They came in a glass jar. A beautiful, new glass jar! 😜
I'm talking about buying cashews at Costco, of course! 🤣
Years ago Costco sold its nuts in plastic containers like the one with the red label in the pic above. I liked the convenient screw top and the squared shape that slotted well into a crowded pantry shelf. But then Costco switched packaging and sold nuts in plastic bags for a few years. I was not a fan of the new packaging but I found that I could reuse my old plastic jar. It wasn't super-sturdy, but with care I could rinse it and reuse it a few times.
Recently Costco changed its packaging again— and this time for the better! I saw cashews packaged in a glass jar for the first time when we were in Toronto last summer. (Of course we visited a Costco in Canada because checking out the local Costco is a thing I like to do when visiting a foreign country.) At first I thought, "Hmm, Canada gets better packaging than we do, maybe it's a regional supplier thing." Then I saw the glass jars at the newest Costco, near my inlaws' house in Pennsylvania. Now, finally, they're on shelves in California.
Nut sack or nut jar, there's still the problem of these nuts being too big. Which means....
...Once again it's time for freezin' deez nuts!
Costco's cashews are good quality, and I like the price per pound, but a container of 38-40oz is a lot. It takes me about a year to eat that quantity. And the nuts go stale in about 6 months. In the past I've found that freezing nuts works to keep them fresh. That's what I'm doing here, in the second pic above.
I've parted out the nuts into 3 portions of about 12oz. each. Two portions I've packaged off into Ziploc bags to put in the freezer. The other portion I'm eating now. When I finish those nuts I'll replenish the nice glass jar with nuts from one of the freezer bags.
"Wait," you might wonder, "You have three nuts?" 🫨
Actually I have over 2 pounds of nuts. As I've shared before, my nut-sack is too big. 😧
Though this time my nuts didn't come in a sack. They came in a glass jar. A beautiful, new glass jar! 😜
I'm talking about buying cashews at Costco, of course! 🤣
Years ago Costco sold its nuts in plastic containers like the one with the red label in the pic above. I liked the convenient screw top and the squared shape that slotted well into a crowded pantry shelf. But then Costco switched packaging and sold nuts in plastic bags for a few years. I was not a fan of the new packaging but I found that I could reuse my old plastic jar. It wasn't super-sturdy, but with care I could rinse it and reuse it a few times.
Recently Costco changed its packaging again— and this time for the better! I saw cashews packaged in a glass jar for the first time when we were in Toronto last summer. (Of course we visited a Costco in Canada because checking out the local Costco is a thing I like to do when visiting a foreign country.) At first I thought, "Hmm, Canada gets better packaging than we do, maybe it's a regional supplier thing." Then I saw the glass jars at the newest Costco, near my inlaws' house in Pennsylvania. Now, finally, they're on shelves in California.
Nut sack or nut jar, there's still the problem of these nuts being too big. Which means....
...Once again it's time for freezin' deez nuts!
Costco's cashews are good quality, and I like the price per pound, but a container of 38-40oz is a lot. It takes me about a year to eat that quantity. And the nuts go stale in about 6 months. In the past I've found that freezing nuts works to keep them fresh. That's what I'm doing here, in the second pic above.
I've parted out the nuts into 3 portions of about 12oz. each. Two portions I've packaged off into Ziploc bags to put in the freezer. The other portion I'm eating now. When I finish those nuts I'll replenish the nice glass jar with nuts from one of the freezer bags.
