Bag of rice in the freezer for awhile, still good?

SkeeterUK · 7 Apr 2020 at 20:24

Hey.

I had some rice and didnt fancy leaving the packet/bag open so stuck it in the freezer (had weevles a few years back so dont take chances with opened packets of things.

So its been a fair while (months?) since i put it in there. Would it be ok if i took it out and made some rice.

Just wondering about the moisture and it might have made the rice get that bacteria going, id thought maybe the frozen status of the rice would prevent that but. I dunno.

Any advice if i should try or just chuck it. Its just a bag of asda or tesco branded easy cook rice.

bremen1874 · 7 Apr 2020 at 20:41

What moisture? Freezers dry things out because cold air can't hold as much water, that's why you end up with ice in a bag of frozen peas.

SkeeterUK · 8 Apr 2020 at 03:59

Your right. So cooked some and was fine.

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Scam · 8 Apr 2020 at 14:19

Dried rice in the freezer. Wut? :confused:

pooley · 10 Apr 2020 at 11:49

the real burning question is wtf are 'weevles'? lol

Psycho Sonny · 10 Apr 2020 at 16:06

uncooked rice in a freezer.

you want to stick some bags of flour in there too?

how about a tin of baked beans?

Mrs Seabiscuit · 11 Apr 2020 at 16:04

pooley said:
the real burning question is wtf are 'weevles'? lol

Little bugs that live in flour that come from the mill.

not heard about them in rice though.

something daft already!! · 11 Apr 2020 at 16:11

You will die after eating it. At some point.

Rice weevils

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_weevil

SkeeterUK · 11 Apr 2020 at 16:55

Psycho Sonny said:
uncooked rice in a freezer.

you want to stick some bags of flour in there too?

how about a tin of baked beans?

Yes flour if i ever get it always goes in freezer to kill any potential eggs in flour. Dont have to keep it in long but i just forgot about it lol its still in. Usually u can take em out after a few days. Luckily i never need flour much only if i try some yorkshire pud and thats rare as just usually buy em frozen and rdy to heat up in microwave for a few mins.

ezekial · 13 Apr 2020 at 19:24

Rice is quite scary in general.

Scam · 14 Apr 2020 at 13:27

SkeeterUK said:
Yes flour if i ever get it always goes in freezer to kill any potential eggs in flour. Dont have to keep it in long but i just forgot about it lol its still in. Usually u can take em out after a few days. Luckily i never need flour much only if i try some yorkshire pud and thats rare as just usually buy em frozen and rdy to heat up in microwave for a few mins.

I still can't quite believe this. Surely when you defrost your flour you end up with mush? :confused:

SkeeterUK · 14 Apr 2020 at 14:11

Nope its perfectly fine.