Bleah.

[hummingwolf]

Though my cabinet space is limited here, I've been keeping a decent store of food in my room, what with canned veggies & dried beans & rice & such. Well, my food store is a bit diminished now, since I just threw out three bags full (and I do mean full) of rice, barley, beans, and peas because there were little bugs crawling around in there. Because of the way those particular bags are made, all the bags have holes in them through which the bugs could pass on to new food; so while I didn't actually see bugs in every bag, I'm pretty sure they're there.

Yes, I believe the bugs are harmless. Yes, I'd bet I've already eaten a few of them. I don't care. I do not want to eat more of these nameless insects than I have to. As much as I hate throwing out food I could still be eating (somebody's still eating it, after all!) and which I spent perfectly good food stamp money on, I've gotta get this infestation out of here.

Argh. Must clean bugs out of boxes now. And I was hoping for some bean & barley soup, too.

Gyah.


Edit: Does anyone have advice on how to keep this from happening in the future? Some of the bags of beans & grains had been in my room for nearly a year, yet these bugs are a very recent thing. Obviously if I didn't have a problem till this week, the insect invasion is not an inevitability--so how do I avoid this in the future?

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[stronae.livejournal.com]

Well, there are those jars that have airtight seals....

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

True. Those cost money, though. Then again, if it keeps this sort of thing from happening again, it'd save me money in the long run. In the meantime, since I already have zipper bags around, I might try to put any future bags of things into Ziplocs immediately after getting them home.

It's all so frustrating, though. Going from having lots of food with no problem to having to throw out a bunch of food... and then not being able to clean everything up because of household appliance problems... argh.

I was actually having a good day before suppertime, though. Here's hoping tomorrow's a good day all day long.

So, how are you doing?

[stronae.livejournal.com]

True. Those cost money, though.

Not if you happen to like pickles, or spaghetti sauce. :)

Here's hoping tomorrow's a good day all day long.

Me too, for both our sakes.

So, how are you doing?

I'm alright. Life is good. The calm before the (academic) storm -- this year will be Thesis year, and there's a lot to juggle. Just doing what I can to prepare for it....

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Not if you happen to like pickles, or spaghetti sauce.

My food preferences work against me here, do they? The only jarred food I really eat very often is peanut butter. Fortunately, my cheap natural brand of peanut butter has finally switched back to glass jars instead of virtually uncleanable plastic ones. :-)

Life is good.

Hooray!

The calm before the (academic) storm

Thesis year! Aiiiieee! Seriously, good luck. I've seen some housemates go through that. It can be... interesting.