” Maybe we just need to get our brown rice from those companies like Provident Pantry (or perhaps other) in those big cans that are sealed to last a long time. “
Yes, there are a lot of things we could/should do, given unlimited resources....
With a limited budget, I’m forced to make do with extra this-and-that picked up during regular shopping, and improvising, to the best of my ability, storage solutions....
Throwing away my 40# of brown rice will be a catastrophe, however necessary, since it represents, for me, a relatively major investment.... ;)
Me, too. I have to improvise where I can. Why you throwing away 40# of brown rice? We got a few things from Provident Pantry; a lot of things we’ll jerry-rig a lot of things in storage. I’m not intending to store up quite as much as we did during Y2K; but learned a lot from that experience - and our job slowed down after that and we had to use our storage out of necessity. We bought one of those manual sealers at an expo and the seals didn’t last too well on some of the stuff. Yukky damp air seeped in and ruined the taste and smell. We did get a dehydrator and I’ve dried some stuff; but if you’re not picky about bananas being “dark” at the center, it’s easier not dipping them. They still taste good.
Get a food saver vacuum system and vacuum pack the rice in about 4lb bags = 10 each. This will kill any bugs and greatly extent the storage life of brown rice.
I purchase totes from Home Depot to store these vacuum packs.