Recommend Article on Storing Rice and Beans

One Years Food Storage of Rice and Beans is an excellent article by Pioneer Preppy.  He has factored out how much is really needed in a storage plan.  This is the most comprehensive article I have seen on storing rice and beans and is a must read for all of you who are into preparedness.

This fellow is a new blogger and I recommend you begin to follow his blog.  He has something to say of value!

I commented on his site that I can up dried beans to have them handy for cooking.  I don't always know a day ahead what I will want to cook.  I love just going out to the canning jars and picking out some beans I have done myself.  Of course it is way less expensive than buying metal cans at the grocery store and you can control what hidden ingredients are added as well making a more healthy product.

I also told him that when I am pressure canning and have come to the end of the run I usually have a couple of spaces left in the canner.  I always can some dried beans and therefore fill up the canner not wasting any energy. I have canned beans that were not soaked first and they come out fine.  I do check that the canning time is the same as what is required for the beans I choose.  Usually it happens when I am canning meat and the times are similar.

I have not noticed any excessive gas as a result of canning the beans without soaking first but then Mister T does not complain much.  Those that live in glass houses.......................