Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> On Wed, 23 May 2012 08:34:29 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
> > wrote:
>
> >On May 22, 1:28 pm, 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.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Dr. John Burge
> >
> >A doomsday believer, eh? Buy the rice in small enough quantities to
> >put it in the freezer for a day or so before storing it - should kill
> >anything already there.
>
> Freezing doesn't help, insect eggs routinely survive long fridgid
> winters, in fact many insects eggs need to be frozen to hatch. Heat
> will kill insect eggs, microwave raw rice.

True. Freezing doesn't help unless you keep the rice in freezer until you
cook it. Slow cooking in a low oven will kill all eggs and larva though. I
don't know the temps and times but a google search will answer that.

Gary