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RE: Saturday Grocery Shopping and Stocking Up Our Pantry!
Another thing that you can do for bulk grains that are stored for a longer time is get some oxygen absorber packets of the right size for the jars and use one of these in each jar. Screw the lid down tight after you put the packet on top of the food. Any larvae that hatch in the jar can't live without oxygen, so they die. You can store grains, peas, beans, and any other dry food for years this way. I have several 1/2 gallon jars of oatmeal that I have stored that way, along with some 1/2 gallon jars of rice. I think I also have pinto beans stored that way. It's a really good "just in case" storage method.
Oh, I agree with that. I use them all the time. I have many levels of storage, short-term all the way up to decades if need be. They all use a bit of a different method. I do place the oxygen absorbers in all my jars I keep my dehydrated foods in.