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> Refrigeration can be costly if you are on a budget, and can be a non marginal factor in the total expenditures. > Other ways to save are: > - buy large bags
by wtmt 2y ago
> Refrigeration can be costly if you are on a budget, and can be a non marginal factor in the total expenditures.
> Other ways to save are:
> - buy large bags of rice, flour, lentils, which last for a long time.
If you’re living in a place where the general weather is quite cold, you may be able to manage this. But in all other places, buying large bags of rice, flour and lentils is a recipe for infestation by insects (rice would have rice weevil eggs in it).
Buy large enough bags that you’re sure you can consume within a month, and you may probably be able to avoid infestation. The other option would be to get foods that are heavily sprayed with insecticides, which is likely to be bad for one’s health.
- thaumasiotes 2y agoNo, the other option is to store your stuff in airtight jars. Though frankly, we just leave big bags of rice out, open, in a kitchen in California, and weevils have never infested it.
- dredmorbius 2y agoGrain pests (worms, moths, etc.) are often in the packaged goods at the store, and once introduced to your home are all but impossible to exterminate. Airtight jars will only contain the pests within a single jar, not avoid them entirely. If you're buying grain in large quantities, you can freeze it (in batches if necessary) for a day or so, after which you can keep it in those airtight jars. Large-scale de-pesting can be done with dry ice (floods the container with CO2 gas, asphixiating pests. US-domestic / EU-domestic goods are generally fairly reliably moth-free. I've had issues with imported products from elsewhere.