# Using Nuts **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 4, 2001, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-nuts/96924 "2001-12-04T23:53:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-nuts/96924/1 "2001-12-04T23:53:10Z")
Every year, for Christmas, my aunt and uncle send something from Sunnyland Farms. Included with the nuts or chocolate or fruit (this year it’s chocolate, with nuts) is a booklet. Even though I’ve seen the booklet every Christmas for five or six years not, it never fails to amuse me. This year I’ve learned about: > [@](#): > > **Storage of Raw Nuts** Nuts must be kept cold, either in the refrigerator or freezer. Before storing, pack all nuts in clean, dry containers with tight lids…The secret of storing both in-shell nuts and nut meats is to KEEP THEM COLD…Experiments indicate there is a slight loss in quality of nuts stored in the refrigerator but in the freezer there is no loss in quality. There are also gems on **Toasting nuts** This shouldn’t make me snicker every year, but it does. ---
**Author:** ![Jonno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jonno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonno)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-nuts/96924/2 "2001-12-05T00:44:17Z")
No no no no no no no no. I’ll do many things with my nuts. But they will never ever go in the freezer. I’ll suffer the quality loss gladly. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2001, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-nuts/96924/3 "2001-12-05T03:14:46Z")
_cringe_ One of only a few threads that have ever made me do that.