"Omelet" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "jmcquown" > wrote:
>
>> I don't understand the reason for freezing uncooked rice, beans, etc.
>> Unless you have a problem with bugs, what is the point?
>>
>> Jill
>
> Not all of us go thru dry goods that quickly. Some of my rice is at
> least 3 years old. Some of the beans, well, I've no idea how old they
> are. Maybe 8 years or so?
>
> It preserves them longer and, yes, prevents weevils.
> --
> Peace! Om
>

I don't go through any dry goods "that quickly". Beans and rice, they're
dry but not oily so I don't freeze them. No weevils here unless it's flour
or cornmeal; those I do freeze.

Jill