I'm leaning towards Belle's answer, FWIW.
I freeze everything before packaging, so hopefully that will have killed any critters lurking inside.
I'm leaning towards Belle's answer, FWIW.
I freeze everything before packaging, so hopefully that will have killed any critters lurking inside.
"Rend your heart and not your garments." Joel 2:13
Try looking up bay leaves. Do not know if it will work in Mylar (just starting prepping). It does help to keep them out of my cabinets; scatter a few leaves on each shelf. (in Louisiana)
Once you've got pantry moths, Bay Leaves are WORTHLESS. Ask me how I know. :(
I agree with many of the earlier posts, get the infested product out of your house NOW. I also agree that with beans especially, you can salvage the beans that have been infested, but do can them up immediately. Otherwise, you are going to risk infestation of your rice, wheat and pasta. And let me tell you, once the moths have hit your rice and wheat, it becomes chicken feed.
I've never had a problem with beans, but I have with other grains. They are a pain to deal with and you will probably never be rid of them now. Sorry. We had our house tented and fumigated for termites and I still couldn't get rid of them. Our termite guy said that the eggs were probably hiding on tea bag boxes, under the handles of my air tight cannisters, etc.
I feel your pain, but at least the critters are completely edible!
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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23
Well crap. I sure wish I'd read Belle's post BEFORE I opened the offending pail of pintos to cream the critters with dry ice
Decided to ice everything to try to fumigate and now it sounds like I may have contaminated all of them.
Only redeeming factor is that I did isolate the one pail prior to opening.
Not happy. Not happy
~Pyrate~
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
John F. Kennedy
Mark 8:38 - Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
- “I am not afraid, because I was born to do this."
Joan of Arc
~Pyrate~
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
John F. Kennedy
Mark 8:38 - Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
- “I am not afraid, because I was born to do this."
Joan of Arc
Grandma on her 360 acre spread did just what you said above but didn't cook after. She strained and strained and then used finer strainers. She always saved what she could being raised during the depression. When she told us her stories she always said..."The Great Depression?" What was great about it? She told us about eating ham with maggots in it. We were used to getting salad with a few aphids in it on occasion...we would pick them out while she laughed and said it was just a little added protein. She was not shy about bugs..they get into food and dried food notoriously. Her food room was in her basement where it was downright cold. Nothing out of there ever got bugs in it. Only the dried foods in her country kitchen but just sometimes....
It is great that you want to save food and are willing to go through the trouble.... In the future we may have to do more of that....
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