You have to eat nuts pretty slowly for this to be a problem in my experience. I have had nuts go rancid but they were really old. It’s like sauces - they say “keep refrigerated” on the bottle but if you use them consistently it’s better not to crowd the fridge/keep space for higher priority things.
Why on earth do you keep walnuts in a fridge?
It’s not a terrible idea, the oils can go rancid.
Also moths
This! Nuts belong in the fridge.
Not all nuts, just oily ones like walnuts.
Who leaves nuts around long enough for them to go rancid?
Instructions unclear, nuts stuck to ice cream, send help.
My fiery dragon breath might help with that. Hold still! 🔥🐲
You have to eat nuts pretty slowly for this to be a problem in my experience. I have had nuts go rancid but they were really old. It’s like sauces - they say “keep refrigerated” on the bottle but if you use them consistently it’s better not to crowd the fridge/keep space for higher priority things.
Huh, I thought oils went rancid because of oxygen? I didn’t think cold slowed that process for oils very much.
Cold slows many chemical reactions, including this one. Nuts will last even longer in the freezer.
Removing them from an oxygen environment will also slow the reaction.
Not in walnuts, no.
Yes in walnuts, yes. I just tossed a bag not long ago for that reason.
But it takes like a year or so.
Look at this guy, eating a whole bag of walnuts in only a year.
Keep all the salad stuff together? Or in my case, we have almost no cabinet storage or pantry so all our groceries go in the fridge
Seriously. Should keep them in the freezer instead.