Posted: 10/26/2009 9:09:53 AM EDT
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Okay... so last night I finally got around to doing something with my stored rice. It's all long grain white rice. It's stuff that I've bought in 25-50# bags from Costco over the past few years. So some of it is a couple of years old, and some was bought just yesterday. I've been keeping the bags in Rubbermaid tubs to keep it from being eaten by animals/bugs. It all looked fine as I poured it into buckets yesterday. So I'm good there. I filled 9 five gallon buckets with what I've got on-hand.
How long will this stuff store if kept in cool, dry conditions? Does it lose nutritional value after a while? How long? P.S. I also bought one of those automatic rice cookers yesterday, so I intend to start eating rice a lot more and making it a staple of our diet from this point forward. |
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This isn't exactly scientific knowledge on my part but I'd probably give away any rice over 10 years old and replace with fresh stuff.
I know that it will lose a hefty portion of it's fresh protein and other elementals value in 4-5 years, after that it's all carbs. Considering the original purpose of storing grains is for the carbs value it's not much of a problem but if you have the means to donate the older grains and replace, do it by all means. |
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This isn't exactly scientific knowledge on my part but I'd probably give away any rice over 10 years old and replace with fresh stuff. I know that it will lose a hefty portion of it's fresh protein and other elementals value in 4-5 years, after that it's all carbs. Considering the original purpose of storing grains is for the carbs value it's not much of a problem but if you have the means to donate the older grains and replace, do it by all means. Roger that. Hopefully I'll be able to rotate enough to keep using it as fast as I'm storing it. We're really trying to gear our weekly menu more around our stored foods these days for rotation, and also so our digestive systems don't get hit so hard when we have to live on our stored food. I intend for rice to be our main source of food because it's so cheap, easy to store, and easy to process. It also doesn't hurt that half the world's population seems to live on the stuff. So we've been adding canned soups, meats, and veggies to the stockpile with the object being to mix them or serve them with rice. |
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This isn't exactly scientific knowledge on my part but I'd probably give away any rice over 10 years old and replace with fresh stuff. I know that it will lose a hefty portion of it's fresh protein and other elementals value in 4-5 years, after that it's all carbs. Considering the original purpose of storing grains is for the carbs value it's not much of a problem but if you have the means to donate the older grains and replace, do it by all means. Roger that. Hopefully I'll be able to rotate enough to keep using it as fast as I'm storing it. We're really trying to gear our weekly menu more around our stored foods these days for rotation, and also so our digestive systems don't get hit so hard when we have to live on our stored food. I intend for rice to be our main source of food because it's so cheap, easy to store, and easy to process. It also doesn't hurt that half the world's population seems to live on the stuff. So we've been adding canned soups, meats, and veggies to the stockpile with the object being to mix them or serve them with rice. nice plan! when using stored grains, rely on your common sense. spread them thin on a surface and inspect them closely, any change of color? any critters? visible growth? if it looks like good old and maybe slightly dull-colored due to age rice, eat away. |
| I am in your position before you stored it in buckets. I have 25 lb plastic bags of Carolina rice I have stored for up to 3.5 years in plastic tupperware containers with lids in my dehumidified basement.. Someday I hope to store them properly. I never did it, because I thought I would be needing them by now. |
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i'm surprised you didnt' have the black bugs eating up and shitting in your rice when you stored it in a rubbermaid container. did you freeze it before? i've just packed some in mylar with o2 absorbers myself. I just left the rice in the bags and threw them in the large Rubbermaid containers and put them in a dark, cool closet. But it's dry up here in MT, so maybe that helps? At any rate, I inspected the rice pretty closely and it all looked fine to my eyes. Smelled fine as well. What I had is anywhere from a few days, to a few years old. |
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i'm surprised you didnt' have the black bugs eating up and shitting in your rice when you stored it in a rubbermaid container. did you freeze it before? i've just packed some in mylar with o2 absorbers myself. I just left the rice in the bags and threw them in the large Rubbermaid containers and put them in a dark, cool closet. But it's dry up here in MT, so maybe that helps? At any rate, I inspected the rice pretty closely and it all looked fine to my eyes. Smelled fine as well. What I had is anywhere from a few days, to a few years old. I think temperature is the key. All mine checked good and I have them stored in the original 25 lb bags in big Tupperware containers also. Some going on 4 years now. |
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I would put some O2 and H2O absorbers. All rice has vermin eggs in them, and they could hatch in time. Just a little cheap insurance. Also store in containers that are strong enough to prevent mice etc etc from getting access. Roger that. I just filled the buckets for now. But me and a buddy went in together and bought a bunch of O2 absorbers and mylar bags. We just haven't gotten around to putting our storage in them yet. We want to make sure we have all of our ducks in a row before we open the O2 absorbers bag. |