pecans life in mylar?

[jimmydiablo]

I bought some pecans today, just wondering how long if I seal them and o2 absorber them. How long can I store them?

[miked2345]

I bought some pecans today, just wondering how long if I seal them and o2 absorber them. How long can I store them?

1 week.


Well, ok..... that's how long they'd last in my house - before being eaten!

[jimmydiablo]

That's longer than here lol. But I am just thinking/ hoping for a good time span.

[MustangGal]

As I understand it, nuts can be stored in the freezer for up to a year. Left at room temp, the oils in the nuts quickly become rancid. I always store nuts in the freezer or at least the fridge.

[Lowdown3]

I wouldn't bother with mylar for a high oil product, just like a product that has a lot of fat in it. It might prolong their life slightly but I wouldn't count on opening a mylar of pecans 20 years from now and having them be o.k. I'd put them in the short term rotation category.

Probably get longer out of them IN the shell.

[monkeybird]

The best solution is to plant a pecan tree! I found one by accident, when the neighbor ask if she could pick up the pecans (the tree was on the side of the house and I didn't know what a pecan tree looked liked). it was a wonderful surprise.

[MSneuropil]

my experience with storing pecans

HI, I live in Pacific NW...but my parents have a farm in Texas which have pecan trees. SOOOOOOOOO I thought I was being really smart and asked a cousin to go pick pecans there and at abandoned farms in their small area. She sold me 40 LBS of shelled pecans and shipped them to me.

Not the smartest thing to do!! I packed all those pecans into foodsaver bags. I put 5 1 lb bags in the freezer...and the rest I put in a climate controlled storage with average year temp of 50-60 max in 2lb bags.

1 year later...the pecans not in the freezer were not tasting so fresh. Problem is that some in each bag tasted fine...some didn't. 2 years later....the pecans I didn't use are stale regardless of foodsaver storage. The frozen ones are just OK...not great.

Lesson learned. I will ONLY store pecans fresh from my parents farm from current season. And I won't try to put up 40 lbs ever again. 20lbs is maximum I would attempt.

I don't know if mylar bags would have helped with O2 absorber or not...but I won't risk putting up more than I can use in 1 year as a result of this adventure.

[jimmydiablo]

Thanks guys. Those bags are long gone now