# 1.5 year old vacuum sealed toasted hazelnuts- discard?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 18, 2013, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-5-year-old-vacuum-sealed-toasted-hazelnuts-discard/658672 "2013-05-18T12:12:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![xanthous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/53a042/32.png) [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2013, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-5-year-old-vacuum-sealed-toasted-hazelnuts-discard/658672/1 "2013-05-18T12:12:22Z")

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I have some hazelnuts that I toasted and then vacuum sealed a year and a half ago. I keep them in my dark cool pantry and the seal is still tight. I’d love to be able to use these instead having to run out to the natural foods store to buy more.

Is this a bad idea? I looked around online and didn’t find a definitive answer on toasted nuts.

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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2013, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-5-year-old-vacuum-sealed-toasted-hazelnuts-discard/658672/2 "2013-05-18T12:23:14Z")

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Eat them unless they taste bad.

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**Author:** ![xanthous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/53a042/32.png) [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2013, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-5-year-old-vacuum-sealed-toasted-hazelnuts-discard/658672/3 "2013-05-18T13:16:50Z")

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I tasted one and they taste fine. I’ve never eaten a rancid nut so I wasn’t sure if it was something I wouldn’t taste but would make me sick or something.

Case closed. 🙂

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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-5-year-old-vacuum-sealed-toasted-hazelnuts-discard/658672/4 "2013-05-18T13:52:03Z")

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Wasn’t the point of vacuum sealing and storing them so you could use them 1.5+ years later?

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**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2013, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-5-year-old-vacuum-sealed-toasted-hazelnuts-discard/658672/5 "2013-05-18T13:55:07Z")

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Rancid oil is something you can definitely taste. It’s a strong bitter taste where none should be. Also, eating rancid fats isn’t the greatest, but it won’t poison you a la botulism. If your hazelnuts taste fine, knock yourself out.