On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:31:46 -0700 (PDT), El Ffurgo
<ffurgy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On Apr 27, 10:01 pm, bookb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>> On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:48:19 -0700 (PDT), jerry
>
>> I bought a sack of rice at Costco, put it in a closet, then on opening
>> it found small white bugs running all through it. Not sure if the
>> rice was inedible, but I tossed it. Not inclined to buy any more of
>> those cloth sacks from Asia, but just stick to the US ones in zip-lock
>> plastic.
>>
>> The sack of pinto beans I bought doesn't seem to have any bugs.
>> bookburn-
>
>Those are "rice weevils" ...good source of protein.. *grin*
>
>You might get them in the beans...could in other products...
>We've had some rice go bad, and other sources no sweat...
>once they don't weevil, we bottle them...gotta let them set
>a while in a dry place and see what happens...or, just take
>them a modest sized batch at at ime, and put them in your oven
>at maybe 140 degrees for a half hour or longer, depending
>on how much you put in and how thick...the "eggs" are
>more difficult to kill than the adults...if you already have
>an infestation, might as well ditch the batch...
>
>You can "soak and float" the weevils, but remember that
>they've hollowed out the grain and injected it with nundreds
>of eggs per grain, so if you're floating bodies and skimming
>them, you're getting some pretty "eggy" grains in the bargain...
>
>http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/bimg204.html
>
>el ffurgo, who has kept beans, split peas, and rice en masse
>for as long as 15 years w/o infestations....
>
>Gruffy: JPFO, Semper Fi to the Bill of Rights (RIP) Molon Labe! Let's
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>[Major revision/News 5/21/06]:
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I asked someone from maintenance what they were, and he said aboard
****p they called them "mealy bugs."
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