....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

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:17:36 -0500, 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.
>
I feel your pain. I lost a bag of anchos that way not long ago. And
some assorted other small treasures. From now on stuff like that I
keep in the deep freeze.
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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?

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...
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In article >,
"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote:

> On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:17:36 -0500, 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.
> >
> I feel your pain. I lost a bag of anchos that way not long ago. And
> some assorted other small treasures. From now on stuff like that I
> keep in the deep freeze.
> --
>
> modom

I refrigerate legumes and rice for that very reason, as well as corn
meal.

But, I have the space in the bottom of the Hobart to do that.

They are in jars and bags.

Flour gets kept in the freezer when I have it on hand.

Funny, I've never had that issue with corn starch.
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On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:17:36 -0500, zxcvbob >
wrote:

> I had to throw out almost a
>pound of dried peppers.

I store all my dried peppers in the freezer. Also, all the "bulk"
quantities from Penzey's in the freezer. Never a problem.

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

"zxcvbob" > wrote in message
...
> ...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

The eggs were probably on the peppers when you brought them home.
Janet

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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