Nuts are a very valuable and useful product and at the same time it is quite high in calories. They contain a lot of useful substances. Pine nuts are rich in vitamin B, as well as zinc, copper and manganese. Walnuts include many fats, various acids and iron. And in the green fruits of the nut, vitamin C is even more than in the famous dog-rose. It's enough to eat about 100 grams of nuts a day to fill the necessary balance of vitamins and amino acids. To get the maximum amount of nutrients, you need to eat fresh and quality fruits. Therefore, very often the question arises, how to store nuts?
What to Store Nuts
It is quite difficult to store nuts. It is better to place them in glass or clay jars and close them tightly with a lid. If these conditions are met, they can survive for a year. It is necessary to avoid storing the product in plastic bags, in this situation, the nuts can not survive long. Polyethylene does not let air in, the pathogenic microflora is rapidly developing in the locked space, and mold begins to form. If you notice that the nuts are spoiled, immediately get rid of them.
Some people prefer to store nuts in a cleaned state. It is important to pay attention to the fact that the container with the cores was tightly closed and was in a dark place at room temperature. Now available for sale a variety of containers. You can put the peeled nuts in them and put them in the freezer. Green nuts are more practical to determine, making them jam or tincture. They, in this form, will undoubtedly bring even more benefits.
Nut storage methods for
There are several ways to store nuts for a long time.
- In a well-ventilated area, place pre-dried nuts on oilcloth.
- Uncleaned nuts can be stored in canvas bags. Sacks should be hung in a dry, dark place. Nuts in pouches retain their properties for five to six months.
- Separately it is worth mentioning about pine nuts. How to store them? Pine nuts are recommended to store in a freezer, placing them in a container or cellophane bag.
- Approximately for up to three months, you can store nuts in a glass jar. Thus it is necessary to keep humidity not more than sixty five percent and do not close the lid of the jar tightly so that the nuts "do not suffocate".
You can keep nuts long enough, the main thing is to create certain conditions for this. The shell itself is a container for nuts, so unrefined nuts are stored well in ordinary cardboard boxes or wooden boxes. They can stay there without prejudice to themselves for six months. It is more troublesome to keep the cleaned cores, but as already mentioned above, there are many ways for this.