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How to learn to choose walnuts
Buying whole walnuts (round) in the market, you can stumble upon a cat in a bag. Sellers in one voice say that only they have fresh fruits collected this year, with the thinnest shell and high yield of the “butterfly”. But how to determine at first glance walnut qualitySo as not to waste money?
When to collect walnuts Today edition "Site" tell you, How to choose quality walnuts. This information is useful for everyone. And for traditional buyers, and for young entrepreneurs who are going to buy nuts in bulk (this is very cheap) and more expensive to sell already peeled kernel.
Experienced nut growers know not only how to grow a walnutBut also that you need to buy nuts with a moisture meter. The first thing to remember before buying: in the usual (sugar) bag is placed about 25 kg of round. Second: September-October is the time of mass collection of walnuts.
During harvesting, nuts have about 40% humidity. Much depends on the variety and period when they were collected. So that the fruits do not spoil, they are necessarily washed, remove excess moisture and spread out in a thin layer on shelves with a grille for drying. In this form, nuts are dried at low humidity and room temperature for about 30 days, or even longer, until the humidity decreases to 15-20%. On racks. nuts in the shell are stored for no more than 6 months.
Therefore, if you buy nuts in early autumn, they can be fresh. But if the bag weighs more than 25 kg, the nuts need additional drying.
When there is doubt about the weight of nuts, ask the seller to weigh the bag you buy. If the scales show 35 kg, then the nut is either from a fresh harvest, or artificially saturated with moisture.
Clever sellers soak last year's nuts for several hours in water to increase their weight. These machinations are easy to recognize by smell. Take a handful of nuts from the middle of the bag and sniff. Last year's nuts will have a specific damp smell. Very similar to the smell of unhung clothes after washing.
In order to make sure that raw material quality Or expose an unscrupulous seller, feel free to taste the nut. The fresh kernel will be moderately moist, pleasant to taste and not bitter. With a slight nutty smell and taste. If the weight of the bag is significantly less than the specified weight, most likely you have dried last year’s nuts. You don't have to buy them.
A sign of high quality The nucleus is the shell. Often, instead of slaughter sellers can slip the buyer thick-skinned or “greedy” nuts, to get the kernel from which is very difficult, and sometimes simply impossible. In production, such nuts are considered a marriage, they are tried to avoid during processing.
If the nut is not very large, but dleftover, an oblong shape with a loose shell and a sharp nose, there is a possibility that it is “greedy”. For more confidence, try to split it with your hands. If the shell does not lend itself or splits into two halves, it is definitely not worth buying such fruits.
Last year's nut shells It's dark, with a musty smell. Such nuts are light in weight, since over time the kernel has dried up. To recognize last year’s nuts, take a few fruits in your hands and shake each one near your ear. If you hear a nut banging on the shell while shaking, don't buy them.
Sometimes old nuts are washed with bleach, cleaned and re-dried, just to sell them to a buyer who has no eye. But even from them comes the smell of dampness, charm and mold (especially if cracked), which indicates that the nuts were improperly stored and dried. Fresh Walnuts They have light shells, they are not heavy or light in weight, and if you shake a nut, there is no sound.
If you find it in the bag food-mothDo not buy from this seller under any circumstances! Even if the insect does not show signs of life, its larvae can sleep peacefully between nuts. The shell will be suspiciously smooth and light, and in the bag between the nuts will be visible traces of chitinic particles and waste products of the larvae.
If the shell is damaged, there are spots on it. moulda fungus or disease, with a 100% probability that such a nut is infected inside. Even if you find 1-2 bad nuts in a bag, in a very short time the bacteria will spoil the whole batch. Under favorable conditions, mold can settle in the room where nuts are stored, and it is almost impossible to remove it.
If you buy a few bags, check each one carefully.. It happens that sellers mix fresh nuts with last year’s. Take a few pieces from the bottom, middle and upper parts of the bag. Smell the nuts and taste them. If in all respects nuts suit you, no doubt buy.
It is very important when buying. nut-to-shell ratio. To determine this figure, take 10 medium-sized nuts from one batch and weigh them. The resulting weight was divided by 10 to find out the weight of one nut. It must be at least 15 grams.
Then they separated the kernels from the shell and weighed them. Determine the percentage ratio according to the formula: the total weight of the kernels is multiplied by 100, and the resulting product is divided by the total weight of nuts. If this ratio is more than 40%, nuts are good. Watch the step-by-step calculation in the video.
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Don’t forget to take a look at some helpful advice. How to Choose Good Walnuts in the shell.
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If you need to buy 1-2 kg of nuts, the seller is unlikely to allow you to smell and taste every nut. In this case, help advice from Olga Papsueva, how to choose the right walnuts in the market or in the store.
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I hope our advice will help you choose good nuts. Now you will definitely not make an annoying mistake when buying.
When to collect walnuts Today edition "Site" tell you, How to choose quality walnuts. This information is useful for everyone. And for traditional buyers, and for young entrepreneurs who are going to buy nuts in bulk (this is very cheap) and more expensive to sell already peeled kernel.
Experienced nut growers know not only how to grow a walnutBut also that you need to buy nuts with a moisture meter. The first thing to remember before buying: in the usual (sugar) bag is placed about 25 kg of round. Second: September-October is the time of mass collection of walnuts.
During harvesting, nuts have about 40% humidity. Much depends on the variety and period when they were collected. So that the fruits do not spoil, they are necessarily washed, remove excess moisture and spread out in a thin layer on shelves with a grille for drying. In this form, nuts are dried at low humidity and room temperature for about 30 days, or even longer, until the humidity decreases to 15-20%. On racks. nuts in the shell are stored for no more than 6 months.
Therefore, if you buy nuts in early autumn, they can be fresh. But if the bag weighs more than 25 kg, the nuts need additional drying.
When there is doubt about the weight of nuts, ask the seller to weigh the bag you buy. If the scales show 35 kg, then the nut is either from a fresh harvest, or artificially saturated with moisture.
Clever sellers soak last year's nuts for several hours in water to increase their weight. These machinations are easy to recognize by smell. Take a handful of nuts from the middle of the bag and sniff. Last year's nuts will have a specific damp smell. Very similar to the smell of unhung clothes after washing.
In order to make sure that raw material quality Or expose an unscrupulous seller, feel free to taste the nut. The fresh kernel will be moderately moist, pleasant to taste and not bitter. With a slight nutty smell and taste. If the weight of the bag is significantly less than the specified weight, most likely you have dried last year’s nuts. You don't have to buy them.
A sign of high quality The nucleus is the shell. Often, instead of slaughter sellers can slip the buyer thick-skinned or “greedy” nuts, to get the kernel from which is very difficult, and sometimes simply impossible. In production, such nuts are considered a marriage, they are tried to avoid during processing.
If the nut is not very large, but dleftover, an oblong shape with a loose shell and a sharp nose, there is a possibility that it is “greedy”. For more confidence, try to split it with your hands. If the shell does not lend itself or splits into two halves, it is definitely not worth buying such fruits.
Last year's nut shells It's dark, with a musty smell. Such nuts are light in weight, since over time the kernel has dried up. To recognize last year’s nuts, take a few fruits in your hands and shake each one near your ear. If you hear a nut banging on the shell while shaking, don't buy them.
Sometimes old nuts are washed with bleach, cleaned and re-dried, just to sell them to a buyer who has no eye. But even from them comes the smell of dampness, charm and mold (especially if cracked), which indicates that the nuts were improperly stored and dried. Fresh Walnuts They have light shells, they are not heavy or light in weight, and if you shake a nut, there is no sound.
If you find it in the bag food-mothDo not buy from this seller under any circumstances! Even if the insect does not show signs of life, its larvae can sleep peacefully between nuts. The shell will be suspiciously smooth and light, and in the bag between the nuts will be visible traces of chitinic particles and waste products of the larvae.
If the shell is damaged, there are spots on it. moulda fungus or disease, with a 100% probability that such a nut is infected inside. Even if you find 1-2 bad nuts in a bag, in a very short time the bacteria will spoil the whole batch. Under favorable conditions, mold can settle in the room where nuts are stored, and it is almost impossible to remove it.
If you buy a few bags, check each one carefully.. It happens that sellers mix fresh nuts with last year’s. Take a few pieces from the bottom, middle and upper parts of the bag. Smell the nuts and taste them. If in all respects nuts suit you, no doubt buy.
It is very important when buying. nut-to-shell ratio. To determine this figure, take 10 medium-sized nuts from one batch and weigh them. The resulting weight was divided by 10 to find out the weight of one nut. It must be at least 15 grams.
Then they separated the kernels from the shell and weighed them. Determine the percentage ratio according to the formula: the total weight of the kernels is multiplied by 100, and the resulting product is divided by the total weight of nuts. If this ratio is more than 40%, nuts are good. Watch the step-by-step calculation in the video.
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Don’t forget to take a look at some helpful advice. How to Choose Good Walnuts in the shell.
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If you need to buy 1-2 kg of nuts, the seller is unlikely to allow you to smell and taste every nut. In this case, help advice from Olga Papsueva, how to choose the right walnuts in the market or in the store.
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I hope our advice will help you choose good nuts. Now you will definitely not make an annoying mistake when buying.
