At 10:55 AM 4/27/01 -0400, Richard Geller wrote:
>> How can you tell if nuts are rancid?
>
>The smell test. There is a certain odor that to me is a lot like vegetable
>oil, indicative of rancidity. Fresh nuts don't have that odor.

And if you think a nut may not be fresh, throw it out.  Brazil nuts are one
of those nuts in which aflotoxins are too often found...

Dianne