I should probably go ahead and can up all my dry beans now so that when I need them, they are pre-cooked.
I am actually nervous about pulling the rice out of my freezer right now because of the humidity. I know to not open the bags until they come to room temp, but IIRC the bags are a tarpaulin cloth, and I worry about condensation seeping in.
I blanched and peeled my tomatoes tonight. Ketchup to be made tomorrow. Instead of dumping the ketchup I made with too much cinnamon last year, I think I will put it in this years, omit any new, and process it all together. I hope that works.
One of the bags of rice I pulled out of one of the freezer was 10#s. After a couple of days part of it still felt cold, so I dumped part of it in a big bowl and waited a day and then jared them up, and then the remainder of the bag. I ran my clean hands through it and it felt just fine, no cool spots.
I've had a pile of stuff in my kitchen that has been building and building. I've started going through it and putting things in jars. I found 9# of barley that I bought a couple of months or so ago and get it in jars and vacuum sealed. I did one pint jar, but the rest is going in the she shed, the pint jar is going in the china cabinet so that I can see it. I'm now working on my third case of quarts, rice, barley and a few other things. The first two cases have gone in the she shed which has an air conditioner.
Besides what I already have, I've found several boxes of velvetta cheese sauce, I do not need to buy any more.
One thing I've found are all the tortilla bags that I've kept. They have a zipper and I figured they would work if I can't get zip locs.
I just took the lid off of a bucket that is half full of lima beans. They might be two years old, but I'm going to put them in jars anyway. And I found almost a whole case of 1/2 gallon jars.
Obviously this pile has been there for awhile. It will be a real accomplishment for me to get that pile taken care of. My new system of working on the stuff in the front room, where I can go, do a few things, rest, and then do more. I seem to have an energy spurt in the evenings. I'm so happy about this that it brings tears to my eyes, that I'm actually getting things done.
I also want to get started on the linens that are on the shelves in the second bathroom. And get them packed away properly. I use clear trash bags and suck the air out, things store like that for a long time. These shelves will be used for my stash of things that I would put in cabinets in the bathroom. An example are my four large bottles of milk of magnesia, my four or so bottles of calamine. Many bottles of hydrogen peroxide, things like this. Finally get it all in one place. Can't let strangers go in the bathroom, they will think they are in a drug store.