can rice be frozen/thawed/frozen?

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Am wondering if rice can be placed somewhere where the temperature goes below and above freezing through the winter? Will that cause harm to the rice? (What about beans too?)

Also wondering if there is a safe way to put the flu in for a wood stove that doesn't use the very, very expensive (3x more than the stove I have) special insulated flu material required by "code" here. Is it REALLY a big fire hazard to put up the regular type, thin flues? ( I would use the expensive kind for where the flu goes through the wall, it is the outside verticle part that I wonder about.)

Thanks anyone. (i did't see this topic on the prep forum)

-- thinkingof (rice@beans.com), October 28, 1999

Answers

I live in New Orleans and we eat LOTS of rice. I've frozen rice for several months and then steamed it. It was just fine. It was a little mushier than when it was fresh, but it wasn't bad. I'm talking about cooked rice - if you're asking about raw, I'm not sure about that.

-- Scarlett (creolady@aol.com), October 28, 1999.

Have your woodstove installed properly, the alternative is deadly. A house fire can be expensive, too. Spend the money, and do it right.

-- Bill (y2khippo@yahoo.com), October 28, 1999.

Raw rice and beans can be frozen in storage, then cooked without problem. Cooked rice can be frozen then reheated, but it's best done (in my experience) with lots of liquid (as in, in soup or something) because it tends to become dry. Beans can be cooked, then frozen, thawed, and reheated. I usually cook a huge pot on my woodstove, freeze several tupperware containers full, then thaw them in the sun when I want them. This saves a lot of propane.

I hope this answered your question.

-- Mom (Yes, I'@done.com), October 28, 1999.


We are yachters who carry on board beans, rice, wheat and other grains. Regardless of weather conditions, they keep just fine as long as they are kept dry. Sealed in plastic they'll last for several years. We try to use the oldest first, but still, we have used some grains that were years old that we couldn't tell from freshly store bought.

-- Elskon (elskon@bigfoot.com), October 28, 1999.

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