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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (78273)	4/23/2008 9:59:01 PM
From: Bill on the Hill	Respond to of 116555

Great sealing technique for storing grains __________________________________________ Buy twenty pound bags of Basmati Rice at $14 from Costco. Remove from zipped canvas sack. Rice is packed in plastic bag. Magic marker the plastic bag with brand and date and any notes to yourself you want to include. Place sealed bag in large HEAVY DUTY (important) trash bag with other bags of rice. Not over three twenty pound bags in a garbage bag. Inside the garbage bag put 3 or 4 1/4 ounce packets of silica gel dessicant paks. Collect the end of the garbage sack and stick your vacuum hose against the laid back sack over your hand gripping the sack completely in your fist. Suck the air out the best you can. Tie off the sack below your hand with some heavy baling wire. Tie it off tight and then suck the air out once more for good measure. Twist the top of the bag till it is wound tight and tie a knot in the bag above the wire tie. Pull the knot tight. Pull again. Cut the end of the bag a couple inches above the knot you tied. Take the bag outside if you did the above inside. With a burning newspaper or torch melt the plastic cut end of the bag down to where it is a mass of plastic that is sealed by the knot. DO NOT TOUCH THE HOT PLASTIC TO ANY SKIN! duhhh. Put the sealed sack in a heavy plastic or metal tote container and call it good. That will last for years. A lot more than two. While you are at it buy pinto beans and some wheat if you have access to it. Make sure you have a pound or so of active yeast stored in the wheat sack as well. Store those as well in the above method. A small electric mill would be great for the wheat berries. $100 should buy a good one. Flour will only keep fresh for months and should be ground fresh for use. This is what people have done throughout history. Store their own food. There is nothing wrong with it! It makes one feel safe and secure knowing if there is a flood, tornado, hurricane or HELL from Washington that one can feed oneself and family. And I refuse to feel guilty for taking care of myself. No time for nonsense. Bill on a packed and loaded Hill