In article <dM8qj.3524$Qj3.2536@trndny07>,
"Julie Bove" > wrote:

> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article >,
> > Goomba38 > wrote:
> >
> >> Puester wrote:
> >>
> >> > I hadn't thought about the oil separating out as a reason for
> >> > refrigeration.
> >> > I always assumed that peanut and other nut butters wouldn't get rancid
> >> > as quickly if they were refrigerated.
> >
> > OK, but that's my question - why would that be a problem with the blend
> > if it is not a problem with the individual ingredients? I don't
> > refrigerate any of them.
>
> At least for the nuts, because you processed them. Just like if you took a
> whole carrot and left it sitting on the counter for a few days. You could
> still eat it and not get sick. Now granted if it were warm enough, it might
> not be so crisp. But you wouldn't get sick from it. But put that carrot in
> the food processor, break it down into little bits and leave it out for a
> few days and you have food poisoning in a dish.

??? If I leave little bits of carrot on the counter for a few days,
I'll have dried carrot bits, possibly to rehydrate in soup.
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