View Single Post
  #3 (permalink)   Report Post  
Posted to rec.food.cooking
Brooklyn1 Brooklyn1 is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 10,546
Default Long Term Food Storage

On Tue, 22 May 2012 18:28:44 +0000, Dr. John Burge
> wrote:

>
>We are storing up food (and water) for an all out long-term emergency.
>We have stored 100 gallons of water and have constructed a rain water
>harvesting system. Additionally we have racked up a number of canned
>goods and staples as well as a large supply of MRE's and dehydrated
>foods. We want to store rice and beans in a large quantity for feeding
>large groups but have held off because of the high potential of little
>critters often found in raw rice and wheat or corn products - flour and
>corn meal for instance. Does anyone have a tried and true method of
>storing a large quantity rice (100 lb sacks) for a long period of time
>(months and years)? Thanks.


Raw rice can be nitrogen packed just like coffee...
http://www.prepareco.com/Bulk_Long_W...ice_p/1016.htm