Question about long-term storage of sugar
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A.T.Hagan
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You may want to read the <i>Prudent Food Storage FAQ</i> which you can access through the URL in my signature. I think it will answer many of your questions.
In a nutshell, so far as white granulated sugar is concerned keep it dry, protected from dust and insects and it will last longer than you will.
Chocolate is trickier, but it can be done.
.....Alan.
In a nutshell, so far as white granulated sugar is concerned keep it dry, protected from dust and insects and it will last longer than you will.
Chocolate is trickier, but it can be done.
.....Alan.
Barry Natchitoches
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A.T.Hagan said:
Uh, not if my Chocoholic wife is around ....
She never met a morsel of chocolate she didn't bite into...
I think my wife has chocolate syrup circulating through her veins instead of blood...
She dreams in light chocolate and dark chocolate rather than black and white or full color like the rest of us....
She thinks Hershey, Pennsylvania is the Center of the Universe....
And she is the only person (other than Ray Nagin himself) who salivates at the thought of a Chocolate City....
HoofTrimmer
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My son pulled a vehicle out of the woods that had sat for fifteen years. Inside was a bag of sugar that nothing had bothered with. Still in it's package and still okay, despite the resident cockroaches, mice, general bugs, and humidity.
Tossed it anyway.
My son pulled a vehicle out of the woods that had sat for fifteen years. Inside was a bag of sugar that nothing had bothered with. Still in it's package and still okay, despite the resident cockroaches, mice, general bugs, and humidity.
Tossed it anyway.
Boyd
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HoofTrimmer said:My son pulled a vehicle out of the woods that had sat for fifteen years. Inside was a bag of sugar that nothing had bothered with. Still in it's package and still okay, despite the resident cockroaches, mice, general bugs, and humidity.
Tossed it anyway.
I would have, too.We've stored it for years (had a pantry for years), in an old metal cupboard that sits in the basement. Put the sugar (still in its original wrapper), into a sealed plastic bag. It keeps just fine. Same for chocolate. Temp down there is about 60 in the summer and 55 in the winter.
suzy
PS: Sam's has the large gallon size of Hersheys chocolate syrup, you know, for emergencies. Picked up two of them today, for chocolatre lattee's.
suzy
PS: Sam's has the large gallon size of Hersheys chocolate syrup, you know, for emergencies. Picked up two of them today, for chocolatre lattee's.
BoneDaddy
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daisy said:
I get mine (sugar, salt and flour) in 25# bags and break it into smaller portions, zipped locked and into the pails. Those gamma seals are the best thing since cheese cake. I also get all kind of beans in bulk. They go into the pails as well.
I get my canned goods a case at a time..then rotate.
I don't have much in the way of home canning. I hope to have a better garden this year.
I don't either, just what I get from grandma from time to time. I know how to can, use to help her when I was a kid. Something to think about doing especially after planting time. I'm starting to plan my little garden and would love to at least can some beans, make some pickles and stewed tomatoes. Think I'll go to Big Lots tommorow and see if they still have the cases of Ball jars. Thanks for the reminder BoneDaddy.
phloydius
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In 1998 I bought a bunch of 4lb bags of sugar from the store that were almost free while on sale after some coupons. I put the sugar into wide mouth mason jars that I sealed with a vacuum sealer. We do not use much sugar, and I'm still using sugar from that purchase. I opened up another jar about a month ago, and other than a slight hardening at the surface it was fine (most of it was not hardened, just a slight amount that shaking after poking with a spoon fixed in 30 seconds).
Sugar is easy. Just keep it in the paper wrapper it comes in, place it in a large ziploc bag, and every now and then squeeze it to keep it from getting hard! That's all you have to do. Done it for years, and I'm from IN, there is lots of moisture here. Hard to store just about anything. But sugar is EASY!
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I gotta tell ya a story:
This guy I used to work with came from Utah to INdiana. He was a Mormon, and they believe in storing food enough for (I think) 7 years. He was telling me about how many beans he had in plastic bags stored in his basement. I asked my (Great Depression Born) Grandma why she didn't do the same and save herself lots of money. She said he could do that in Utah, not much moisture, BUT in Indiana they will rot! I went to work and relayed that message to him. He went to his Mormon church and asked around and they agreed w/Grandma. They told him that he was welcome to use the church canning machine (about 2cents a can or something like that) in the basement and can them. He did just that!
moral: the location's weather is important when storing food!
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