Food Grade Buckets

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WASHING: • We’ve found it’s easiest to wash four gallon buckets in a bathtub with warm water. • Use no more than 1 drop of liquid dish soap per container - Plastic absorbs chemicals in soap • Scrub lightly and rinse thoroughly. • Turn buckets upside down to drip dry a bit, on towels or in a tub. • Wipe the outside and inside of each bucket thoroughly. • Allow buckets to stand open overnight to become bone dry. • Wash each lid thoroughly and dry inside the lid with a towel. BLOW DRYING: • The next day, blow-dry each bucket and lid thoroughly to get rid of any moisture. o You don’t want undetected moisture to rot your food! OXY-ABSORBERS: We personally do not use ‘oxys’ in each bucket, but some people choose to do so. • Half fill a four- gallon bucket with your grain or beans. • Add One Small OXY Packet. • Fill the bucket to the top with product. • Leave the lid on loosely – Sealing the lid may misshapen your bucket by morning. • In the morning, clamp down the lid • Label the buckets Front and on the lid o Example: Jasmine Rice 4/16/2011 • Store/stack One single oxy-absorber can suck a lot of oxygen out of your buckets, if you choose to use them. Some people say to put bay leaves into your wheat to avoid weevils. This is a harmless old wives’ tale: bay leaves do not prevent weevils in your wheat. However, this being said, there are many families who swear that this has prevented them from getting any weevils. A SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT RICE: White rice is the grain that most easily picks up ANY SCENT from a bucket or food grade container. If you’ve got sensitive taste buds, you might taste the plastic bucket in your rice. White rice is polished and absorbs scents more easily than other unpolished grains. We have found that you can empty 1/3 of your rice bag,
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