Rice (Brown)?

[Not_Yet_Prepped]

Anyone know the ins and outs of the different types of rice and how long they can be stored?

My father is diabetic and we have found Brown Rice is much better for him than white rice... So my mother avoids cooking white rice.

I have heard rumors that brown rice does not store as well as white rice... So that leads to my questions:

1. How is brown rice best stored?
2. How long will it last roughly?
3. What should we look for once we open it (after long term storage) to make sure it has NOT spoiled?
4. What other types of rice (non-white) store well?

Our plan for our rice storage is 5 gallon bucket, with mylar bags and 2000cc oxgyen absorbers... How well will Brown Rice do with this type of storage? What would "easy" method would work better?

Thanks,

[jbman]

Found this at http://purefectfoods.com/news.aspx

"Brown and white rices store very differently. Brown rice is only expected to store for 6 months under average conditions. This is because of the essential fatty acids in brown rice. These oils quickly go rancid as they oxidize. It will store much longer if refrigerated. White rice has the outer shell removed along with those fats. Because of this, white rice isn't nearly as good for you, but will store longer. Hermetically sealed in the absence of oxygen, plan on a storage life for white rice of 8-10 years at a stable temperature of 70 degrees F. It should keep proportionately longer if stored at cooler temperatures. Stored in the absence of oxygen, brown rice will last longer than if it was stored in air. Plan on 1 to 2 years. It is very important to store brown rice as cool as possible, for if you can get the temperature down another ten degrees, it will double the storage life again. "

Jack

[Not_Yet_Prepped]

Jack,

Thanks for the info... That is what I was looking for.

What does "rancid" brown rice look/smell like?

[Grinnan Barrett]

For long term storage in mylar bags and buckets I would stick with white rice. I understand your need for brown rice. Keep your brown rice in your rotation program. Brown rice just does not store well long term. Use it till it runs out then go to the white in your long term storage program. If you do store brown rice date your buckets (ALways date the bucket as to when you packed it). ALso mix products in the buckets. Have some rice, some beans, some condiments, other foods all in a Mylar bag with a label on the outside of the bucket indicating what you have inside. This way you don't open a huge bucket of brown rice and have to watch it go bad from non use. Five to Seven Gallons of rice is a lot of product.

[Not_Yet_Prepped]

Good Suggestions... I had not thought about multi small mylar bags in one bucket!

Thanks,

[610Alpha]

Also start looking into other LTS foods that can store longer but will also provide your father with the dietary requirements he needs. Transition his diet to these LTS foods now so that he is used to them in the event TSHTF.

Do you have the space for a root cellar? The lower temps of a root cellar will give you some more time on your food.

You might also consider doubling up on the # of Oxygen absorbers to make sure you are good on that part.

[wipeout]

I have been messing with storing "minute" brown rice. So far I have one box three years old that cooks and tastes just fine. I think the par cooking and then dehydrating may help the storage life a little. I have a few other boxes set aside as 5+ year test boxes to see if they're good at least that long.

[PerryJeff]

Thanks for the link jbman. I am just putting together some long term grain storage program. I want to rotate and use as well as long term storage. Ideally 3 year supply on hand use the oldest while restocking on wheat and white rice. The brown it sounds like shorter storage with freezing might be big part of storing it... Thanks

[Siskiyoumom]

We store both long grain and short grain brown rice on average for five years, in a food grade bucket.
We store it in a cool room in the house and out of direct sunlight.
We have never had rice go sour on us.
We do live in a low humidity area.
We have pondered going the mylar bag O2 absorber route and thank you the idea of using smaller mylar bags to store the rice in.