tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662968327054666593.post2197356256191686906..comments2024-01-05T04:02:44.409-06:00Comments on Hoof 'n Barrel: Improving the ProcessHossBosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13444735851486747330noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662968327054666593.post-20700857677243581992011-07-10T09:54:56.882-05:002011-07-10T09:54:56.882-05:00This was the first time I ever got bugs in anythin...This was the first time I ever got bugs in anything either, Arsenius, but I have never stored this much for this long before either. Only the rice 'hatched'...no problem with the beans so far. In researching the matter, some sites recommend freezing dried beans or rice for three days before storing. I guess the freezing kills the larvae. But we only have a side-by-side fridge in the house and the freezer space is less than adequate as it is. I wouldn't have room to freeze 10's of pounds of beans and rice. A goal for this year is to get a separate freezer to keep in the food storage shed which is climate controlled. Then I would probably freeze the beans/rice when I bring them home ...and move them to canning jars after they've been frozen at least three days. <br /><br />Welcome to my blog if you're a new reader. New readers mean new input and perspectives ...always a good thing.HossBosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13444735851486747330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662968327054666593.post-73881994664910269802011-07-10T09:46:29.352-05:002011-07-10T09:46:29.352-05:00I have always bought sacks of beans at the store, ...I have always bought sacks of beans at the store, then filled up big storage jars with them. I never had bugs get into that, but the beans were dried. Maybe that was why. I pour rice from the store into containers, seal them, and put them in my food storage area which is climate controlled. Even though I have not had a problem with bugs except once in some corn meal, reading your post has got me thinking about it.Arsenius the Hermithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08849281122788247240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662968327054666593.post-86323829999050464062011-07-09T09:00:13.061-05:002011-07-09T09:00:13.061-05:00@Anon...
I didn't mean the rice would be canne...@Anon...<br />I didn't mean the rice would be canned by itself. My husband loves Red Beans & Rice, Cajun style. Both the rice and beans are boiled for an hour before going through the canning process. For however many quarts of that I want to make, I would vacuum seal the dried beans and uncooked rice in the jars until I was ready to process. But when I am ready to process them, the contents stored in the jars would all go in a big pot along with the spices. They would be boiled for an hour before going back into the jars to be pressure canned. So the rice is already cooked when it goes through the canning process. I routinely process a rice and hamburger stew in quart jars in the pressure canner and it's never a problem.HossBosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13444735851486747330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662968327054666593.post-48388872907151690392011-07-09T08:52:43.188-05:002011-07-09T08:52:43.188-05:00@Redneck...
I had the same problem my first five o...@Redneck...<br />I had the same problem my first five or six tries with the vacuum sealer gadget. But I read and re-read the directions and practiced, practiced, practiced. Make sure you disconnect the hose from the foodsaver BEFORE you pull the gadget off. It breaks the vacuum between the foodsaver and the jar. Also, after sealing a jar, never lift the lid on the foodsaver before you have disconnect the hose. Those two things seemed to be causing my problems.HossBosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13444735851486747330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662968327054666593.post-9054730232360785262011-07-08T19:53:45.733-05:002011-07-08T19:53:45.733-05:00Maybe I missread, but I don't think you can ca...Maybe I missread, but I don't think you can can just rice because it gets too thick for the heat to penetrate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5662968327054666593.post-67984384605606900922011-07-06T08:07:50.195-05:002011-07-06T08:07:50.195-05:00I have been using those for my rice and beans but ...I have been using those for my rice and beans but found I had to double up on the lids. If not, when you pull sealer off the jar then it will pull the lid off as well. The jury is still out on them because they are a pain but I guess it's better than nothing.Modern Day Redneckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17682843961510053146noreply@blogger.com