On Sat 29 Dec 2007 12:32:52p, Boron Elgar told us...

> On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 08:02:02 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
>
>>On Sat 29 Dec 2007 12:54:22a, Blinky the Shark told us...
>>
>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>
>>>> What you've bought may be old and stale. I have even bought poppy
>>>> seed from stores that had a somewhat rancid smell to them.
>>>
>>> Mmmmmm......rancid poppy seeds. Do you remember where you got those?
>>> I don't want to have to make my own.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>I remember it was in a supermarket.
>>
>>Years ago, in the East and the Eastern Midwest, it was common to find
>>either bulk or 1-pound bags of whole poppyseed in the produce section of
>>many supermarkets and the seeds were very fresh. There was also an
>>electric grinder where you could have the produce clerk grind the seeds
>>for you. That's been virtually non-existant for decades.
>>
>>When I buy seeds now (from Penzey's or similar), I store in them in the
>>freezer if I don't have an immediate need for them. Likewise with most
>>anything else that has a chance to go rancid, such as nuts, grains, and
>>whole grain flours.
>
>
> I keep my poppy seeds vac-packed and in the freezer. In fact, they
> were taken out of hibernation this morning, as I have bagels retarding

Are you going to provide special education for your retarded bagels?

> in the fridge and bialys rising on the table. New recipes for each. I
> will pass them on if they are successful without tweaking.
>
> I have a freezer full of nuts, grains and flours. I just unpacked a
> big Christmas gift box of nuts, grains and flours (from me to me)
> that I got from KA Flour. Best place for them.

Absolutely the best place for them. I keep all my nuts, grains, wholegrain
flours, etc., in the freezer. I probably have more stuff like that in
there than I do meats and vegetables.



--
Wayne Boatwright

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