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Walnuts going bad?


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Posted by: cpush

For the past few years, walnuts have been a part of my daily diet. Unfortunately today I encountered a rather unpleasant experience with them.

I buy them usually from organic or grocery stores, and get them in the "halves" form. I keep them in a plastic bag in the cupboard for maybe 2 months or so. I am currently living in Holland and have been purchasing them from a local Turkish shop.

Today when I was measuring the nuts, they looked like they had something coming out of the center (of the half) like a sawdust weird material. I brushed it off, and then saw a tiny worm crawling around the nut! I threw the whole bag away. This bag of nuts is maybe 2 weeks old.. what's the deal?

I've been trying to read up on this and see that walnuts do get infested. I can only imagine how many times I've overlooked the pieces and have eaten worms, bugs, or whatever dwells in the walnut.

I don't know if I can bring myself to eat them again... I am itching just thinking about it.


Posted by: ReproMan



I may never eat a walnut again.


Posted by: PreMier

Its just a bug, dont be a pussy




Posted by: Jodi

If I ever saw a bug in my food I know I could never eat that food again.


Posted by: cpush

haha thanks..

so you guys have never experienced this? I have searched a bit but mostly only find information regarding mass walnut growing and "husk fly" infestations of their entire plants. I'll have to look into it further.


Posted by: Gordo

It's probably not the walnut per se but the shop you buy them from. I store all my nuts in the freezer to keep 'em fresh. If there are bugs in them, I consider them frozen protein treats


Posted by: IainDaniel

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Originally Posted by Jodi View Post
If I ever saw a bug in my food I know I could never eat that food again.
Zactly happened with Corn on the Cob for me about 10 years ago. Haven't touched it since.



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