Ken wrote:
> I just bought six pounds of English walnuts from a local grower. The
> label says they don't use pesticides or chemicals. Since it's going to
> take me a while to get through six pounds, I'm guessing the freezer is
> a good place to put them to stop little critters from hatching and to
> stop the oil from turning rancid. Is this needed on both counts?
>
> And I'm 99% sure that freezing won't really effect the crunchiness or
> texture. Am I right on this one?
>
> TIA,
>
> Ken
>

I used to get giant amounts of pecans and freeze those all the time. I found
that they faired better in the chest freezer as opposed to the regular fridge
freezer (which had self defrost, someone thought that might be the issue). I
would also store bags of pecan meal in there as well.

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