Hazels

[mat]

What's the best way of storing hazelnuts?

[lainey lou]

In your tummy?

[shirlthegirl43]

I think just keep them dry

[Flummery]

Like most nuts, they keep better unshelled. If you shell them you can freeze them to prevent them from going rancid, which they do when the oil goes off.

[mat]

Thanks, all.

[Snadger]

In chocolate?

[Jardiniere]

in your cheeks

[Sue]

Mat
Hi
I have mammoth nut cracking sessions then dry them in the dehydrator and put them in jars and also keep some shelled green ones in the freezer for recipes needing green nuts.
Then I get a huge bag of nut skins and shells to mulch the garden.
best wishes
Sue

[Nicos]

Green ones are dropping off our tree in France- in the cellar s a bag of nuts from last year which are much sweeter- they were left there ( +/- 14 oC for a year in a plastic bag!!!!)
Personally I have no idea how to store them- Just suggest you keep them dark/cool/frost free and well away from squirrels!!!

Last years are much sweeter/tastier than the fresh ones...suggest you store them a while????

[Polly Fouracre]

They are also nice roasted and salted and stored in jars.Makes a change from peanuts!

[Flummery]

Mat
Hi
Then I get a huge bag of nut skins and shells to mulch the garden.
best wishes
Sue

OK with hazels but don't do it with the husks of walnuts - they are toxic to many plants. If you look around the base of a walnut there are no weeds or grass
I thought I was going to have some lovely stuff to top up my compost bins until I did a bit of googling!

[lainey lou]

They're nice stored in honey! Don't know if you have to do anything to them first though.

[mat]

OK with hazels but don't do it with the husks of walnuts - they are toxic to many plants. If you look around the base of a walnut there are no weeds or grass
I thought I was going to have some lovely stuff to top up my compost bins until I did a bit of googling!

Plenty of weeds and grass around the base of my walnut, I'm afraid. No nuts - just plenty of grass and weeds.

[mat]

Mat
Hi
I have mammoth nut cracking sessions then dry them in the dehydrator and put them in jars and also keep some shelled green ones in the freezer for recipes needing green nuts.
Then I get a huge bag of nut skins and shells to mulch the garden.
best wishes
Sue

Thanks, Sue; how long in the dehy, and what temp?

[Flummery]

Plenty of weeds and grass around the base of my walnut, I'm afraid. No nuts - just plenty of grass and weeds.

That's because there are no nuts! It the stuff in the outer husk of the nut (which goes black and icky as it disintegrates) that is toxic to plants.