"Billy" wrote
>>Anthony Ferrante wrote:
>
>>A friend told me that she stores her
>>bags of rice in the fridge until needed.
>
> Used freezer storage for years without a problem.....also, keep all
> my flours and yeast in freezer for year at a time without incident.
> Never had a problem with dried pasta, etc.

Same here. I freeze all rice and flour for 2 weeks then put it in airtight
containers to use. No problems. I live in buggie-heaven-country so this is
required.