Kate wrote on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:09:37 -0400:

>> I checked two bags of rice I had stored and both had little
>> bugs on the inside. What is the best way to store uncooked
>> rice to avoid bugs or is there no way to prevent it? A friend
>> told me that she stores her bags of rice in the fridge until needed.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Anthony

> They may have already had bug eggs in them that hatched
> after you got them.

> Anyway, since I started buy 10-lb. bags of Jasmine
> rice at the local Asian food store I've been keeping
> it in a large metal canister. That works very well
> for me. It takes me 6 months to a year to go through
> 10 lbs. of rice and it keeps beautifully in the can.

> Kate

That's how rice has always been stored around my house tho' screw top
plastic jars as, say Texmati, uses work fine too. Keep the rice dry and
the bugs out and it seems to last indefinitely.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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