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Storage of Flour & Flaxseed Meal

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  • Started 10 months ago by shirehobbit
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  1. shirehobbit
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    After you've opened the bags do you keep them in the fridge?

    Posted 10 months ago #

  2. Skycatcher
    Member

    I do, simply based on almond nuts going stale if not sealed tightly, so I keep them refrigerated. Don't know if it's necessary, but at the cost of the flour, I wasn't taking any chances.

    Posted 10 months ago #

  3. eatingfreely
    Member

    I always keep my flaxmeal and nuts and seeds in the fridge; the natural oils can go rancid quickly, espeically in ground nuts/seeds like flaxmeal. As for flours, the flours that I don't use often I refrigerate/freeze, so as not the risk them spoiling. But the flours I use regularly, I don't refrigerate, since I go through them more quickly.

    Posted 8 months ago #

  4. bakingfool
    Member

    After I open the bags I put the flour into jars with a tight fitting lid and store in the fridge. Long term storage is vacuum sealed with the foodsaver and into the freezer.

    Posted 7 months ago #

  5. Diane
    Member

    I buy whole Golden flax from Whole Foods (about 10lbs at a time) & keep it in the fridge. Every couple of weeks, I grind up a batch & keep this meal in the freezer (in airtight containers). I incorporate flax meal in my daily diet & find that the colder the meal is, the better it blends with liquids without thickening & becoming mucilaginous too quickly. I put 4 tablespoons in my morning protein shake & the colder the flax meal is, the thinner & easier the shake is to drink. - Diane J.

    Posted 6 months ago #

  6. jenzyme
    Member

    we keep all flours and things in our deep freezer, they go bad quicker than you think!

    Posted 6 months ago #

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