I was almost at the end of my one tupperware storage tubs of rice, but its all good, because i had picked up a big bag of white rice at a store, plus i have my US grown red rice, my wild black rice and my mixed blended rice etc.

I like to switch move from the big storage tubs in the laundry cooler pantry, to a smaller working tub in the kitchen pantry, so i asked hubby to grab it and then went, well Bleep.. it was crawling with little black bugs, what a Rice Weevil infestation!

Out they went to freeze in the sub-zero outdoor for 24 hours to wait for garbage day, where they were dumped out and now i just to clean the heck out of my tubs. The good news is only the tubs that got that one bag of rice appear to be effected, so that means my lid seals were on tight indeed.

Still that was many meals of rice that got tossed, and yes i know that in great time of need, it would make sense to freeze and clean and use, but i am not there. I can afford at this time to just remove it and in part its my own fault, my freezers have been full and i have did not freeze the grains before storage.

I will continue to check other grains but so far it appears that i got off lucky and it was contained, its been many many years since i have had a issue and with rising food prices, remembering to freeze your incoming grains could be a meal and money saver.

While i have heard that eggs can be frozen and hatch out afterwards, i have never had that happen, I tend to freeze for 7 days, they say it can be as short at 4 days, if you have the space, why not just make a habit of being a week, the big thing to remember is that after freezing, you need to lay that grain out to dry, you do not want any moisture going back into tub its going to be held in.

This can be harder in larger amounts but the oven turned to its lowest setting to warm it, then turn off and use the oven light does the job well for me

What is your favorite way to help keep this pantry pest out of your house. Do you have good luck keeping tight fitting lidded tubs in your pantry that means if you get a infestation in, that its contained?