to fridge or not to fridge

[Ombligo]

Fritz wrote:
and out it stays. if I disappear in 3 weeks ....

Thanks for the heads up, now we don't need to do one of those "whatever happened to..." threads in March or April. Very considerate of you.

[Paul F.]

Only thing that goes "bad" in nut butters is the oil in them turning rancid... not dangerous, but, tastes nasty. That won't happen in a couple weeks while you finish the jar.
If you keep it around more like 3-4 months, it could. I had a very nice dark chocolate almond butter that I savored slowly, and ended up wasting the last third of the jar... it went rancid before I finished it. It took most of the year, including the summer months.

I've never refrigerated peanut butter, organic or not, and never had it go rancid... but then, I eat more peanut butter than is probably good for me.

[anonymouse1]

Yup, most of a year tracks my experience.

Paul F. wrote:
Only thing that goes "bad" in nut butters is the oil in them turning rancid... not dangerous, but, tastes nasty. That won't happen in a couple weeks while you finish the jar.
If you keep it around more like 3-4 months, it could. I had a very nice dark chocolate almond butter that I savored slowly, and ended up wasting the last third of the jar... it went rancid before I finished it. It took most of the year, including the summer months.

I've never refrigerated peanut butter, organic or not, and never had it go rancid... but then, I eat more peanut butter than is probably good for me.

[Fritz]

opened a new jar yesterday and left it on the counter .... again.
definitely easier spread and tastes better than fridged.