bugs in unopened bag of rice

Yep, and eating rat crap right along with it.

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Edwin Pawlowski
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Carol S. wrote:

Bugs live everywhere in the environment, so expecting a few NOT to hitch a ride would be unrealistic. The USDA or somebody has a standard for rodent parts in processed flour for a good reason - the wheat comes from a BIG field, gets dumped into a BIG truck, taken to a BIG elevator, etc, etc, etc. Whilst it is in the BIG field or the BIG elevator, the rodents in the neighborhood come over for a BIG feast, with the bugs of the neighborhood not far behind. They do what rodents and bugs do - eat, shit, and reproduce. They do not excuse themselves from the table to do so. The bugs don't do the Lamaze thing, they just lay eggs. Nice and cozy inside or between a kernel of grain or a nut or an apple or a head of lettuce. It's mostly the grain where it is noticeable because nothing else conceals it so well or lasts as long. Sooooo.....any foodstuffs kept around for a year are likely to experience several life cycles of whatever hitches a ride. I doubt the little, teeny critters breathe much - sort of like you and I being locked in the Sears Tower for a year. If you like critter experiments buy a bag of nuts - or a Hershey bar with almonds - put into a tightly sealed container and forget about it for a year. :o) If you have year old food in the kitchen, throw it out. If you have open packages of grain, nuts, starch, corn meal, they are likely to have had some migrants move in. Use this sort of food soon after it is brought home from the store. It is truly a sinking feeling to spend the day cooking a big pot of vegetable soup, add a little pasta to cook just prior to serving time, and see the migrant population floating for the nearest island. Just sink them and cook until done :o)

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Norminn

Thanks for the replies. I th> I never throw out the bug infested product. The weevils fall out

I don't think I would sift out the bugs and then cook the rice - ick. Also, I think this bag was 50% or more damaged, so it probably wouldn't produce a quality bowl of rice - unless perhaps I wanted a carb-reduced rice :-)

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Carol S.

snipped-for-privacy@keyone.com (Carol S.) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@posting.google.com:

It could have come from the store like that. I've seen bad pasta on the grocer's shelves.

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Jim Yanik

John Smith wrote in news:osksd.12139$ snipped-for-privacy@twister.southeast.rr.com:

Hey,extra protein,no extra charge! (yuk!)

You just have to inspect the package before you put it in your shopping cart.Pasta,rice. Flour,cereals,you have to get it home and open it before you know,then you have to return it for a new one.

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Jim Yanik

Dancing dog is super! Congratulation for such a great work training that Golden. LOL all the time. I have bookmarked the link, plan to send to all dog lover friends, hope is OK.

MG MG

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MG

Most places aroung here sell the plastic bucket for a very reasonable price. I pay 50cents.

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PJx

:) Dancing dog is super! Congratulation for such a great work training that :) Golden. :) LOL all the time. I have bookmarked the link, plan to send to all dog lover :) friends, hope is OK. :) :) MG LOL ..I can't claim the link (much less the pup)..did what you are doing myself...shoot, I can't even teach our Yorkie to keep her oversized tongue in her mouth.

Lar. (to e-mail, get rid of the BUGS!!

Dancing dog is back!

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Lar

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