Does heat kill food storage items?

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Re: Does heat kill food storage items?

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I kept several gallons of rice in my garage for 11 years in a big poly bottle. Not air-tight, no preservatives or O2 absorbers.

Tastes fine, cooks up white & fluffy.

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Re: Does heat kill food storage items?

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I put up a bunch of rice and beans in 2009. Both were packed in mylar w/O2 absorbers and placed in buckets. Rice is fine and cooks up well. Beans got so hard that even soaking 24hrs and cooking in a pressure cooker did not soften them enough for them to be edible. I had to throw them all away.
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Re: Does heat kill food storage items?

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Azchilleverde wrote: July 20th, 2020, 12:48 am I put up a bunch of rice and beans in 2009. Both were packed in mylar w/O2 absorbers and placed in buckets. Rice is fine and cooks up well. Beans got so hard that even soaking 24hrs and cooking in a pressure cooker did not soften them enough for them to be edible. I had to throw them all away.
Do you think there was an air leak in the container? I can't think of any other reason why they would lose moisture.
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Re: Does heat kill food storage items?

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Sorry, I double tapped.
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Re: Does heat kill food storage items?

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I don't think 02 got to them. The mylar bags(multiple) were still sucked down.
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