In article >,
zxcvbob > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
> > In article >,
> > zxcvbob > wrote:
> >
> >> ...got into my dried jalapeno peppers. I had to throw out almost a
> >> pound of dried peppers. There's no telling what else they are into, or
> >> what they came home in.
> >>
> >> Bob
> >
> > Must have been pretty old?
>
> No. Maybe 6 to 8 months old, and still bright dark green; they hadn't
> faded yet. I also found worms in a bag of walnuts. I might not have
> noticed them in the walnuts if I wasn't looking for them.
>
> I've moved my other bagged dried peppers to the freezer. I should have
> transfered these to glass jars when i bought them and stored all but one
> in the freezer.
>
> > Just good old fashioned weevil moths.
> > I tossed an entire can of Hungarian Paprika recently due to the same
> > issue when I had an archeological dig into the rear depths of the spice
> > cabinet.
> >
> > How you store stuff is everything it seems...
>
> Bob

I've read that for long term storage, using dry ice in a container
(watched and allowed to outgas!) is a very good thing to do.

Me? I'd vac pack now that I have one.
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