Salt, Rice, and Sugar

[workinwifdakids]

:jacked:

OK, I'm keeping this one for the salt/rice/sugar, and starting a new thread on the freezer.

[Cybrludite]

Something else: consider heat treating your rice before storing it long term. Rice is notorious for having tiny insect eggs in it, which will hatch in very warm weather.
To heat treat: Spread your rice in a 9"x13" pan, about an 1" deep. Place in a 175-190F oven for 1.5-2 hrs. Allow to cool, and bag.

Or you could not heat treat, and consider the bugs as extra protein...........

Had that problem awhile back. Went from three months worth of stored rice to none due to moths.

[workinwifdakids]

Some sources are saying to freeze your rice for 10 days or so and then package it.

Did you vacuum seal it, or use mylar with oxygen absorbers?

Edit: Or just a 5-gallon bucket?

[Cybrludite]

Some sources are saying to freeze your rice for 10 days or so and then package it.

Did you vacuum seal it, or use mylar with oxygen absorbers?

Edit: Or just a 5-gallon bucket?

You talkin' to me? I just had it in the original bags in the pantry. Another storage trick I've heard of is to put dry ice into the mylar bag inside the bucket. It displaces the air in the bag & suffocates whatever critters might be in there.

[442nd Dinochrome]

We have suffered the heartbreak of weevilly rice. The freezer trick seems to work; we put
a gallon-size jar of rice in the freezer for about ten days, and the few weevils were dead.

Little Sister and I are storing sugar, flour, rolled oats, elbow macaroni, pinto beans, rice,
vegetable rotini, and freeze-dried foods in #10 cans. We have access to a can-sealer
and oxygen absorbers and have been stocking it deep. We also buy cases of canned fruit
and veggies, and plenty of powdered beverages like Koolaid and CountryTime Lemonade.

It's getting late in the game. If you haven't started storing food, get cracking!

[Sea Dawg]

I don't have an extra freezer (it is on my list), but for stowage of dried and canned goods I use large auto-cannon (20mm, 30mm, 40mm grenade) ammo boxes. They seal tight and can take a lot of abuse.

[Little Sister]

Food storage leads to learning all sorts of new skills. We just purchased a BIG box of peaches that came in a week early. For the last 2 days we have been cleaning, peeling, slicing, about 30 pounds of peaches. We now have 4 gallon bags, and 8 quart size bags of sliced peaches in the freezer. 3 pints of Peach Jam and 5 bottles of peaches we learned to seal in a Hot water method. It may not be perfect but we are looking forward to fresh fruit in the winter and on waffles, in oatmeal and any other way we can use them.

I have never put up anything before and it was fun to learn.

[Aglifter]

The easiest way to peel peaches (do not ever decide to make "fresh peach ice cream" on a commercial scale..."), is to blanche them - 30 s in boiling water, 1 minute in ice water, wear gloves so you don't dissolve your hands w. acid, and the skin just sloughs off.

[randy]

Mmmmmmmm.......Peach Cobbler.......

[308Mike]

wear gloves so you don't dissolve your hands w. acid,

?????? - apparently something else I'm ignorant about. Would you please edumacate me a bit? THX!