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Rae
 
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Thanks everyone: I am
1- Gunna throw out all the rice.
2- gunna make sure i always buy rice in bags so I can see if it has any
webby stuff
3- Gunna keep it in the freezer.

(I may start keeping my bird seed in there as well. Sometimes a bad batch
will hatch pantry moths. And they really multiply fast.


"Don Quinoa" > wrote in message
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> Rae wrote:
>
>> This doesn't happen with white rice.

>
> Apparently one of the reasons for stripping the nutrients out of grains
> and rice to make them white is that food becomes less attractive to
> weevils.
>
> Here's two thoughts for the day.
>
> 1) If it's not good enough for weevils do you really want to eat it?
>
> 2) If the bugs got there before you then it's high grade stuff but
> maybe you should be eating these nutritious foods a little more
> frequently!
>
> Always wash foods before eating them - you don't know where they've
> been (unless you grew them yourself I guess)
>
> Tony - http://www.foodsforlife.org.uk