Howdy!,

After We get all the Pickles out of a Gallon Pickle Jar, We wash it and
reuse it.

We put Sugar and Flour in those BIG jars and store them on the bottom of the
Pantry so when We need to, We can get some Flour out of either the
Plain Flour jar or the other jar that has Self-Rising Flour in it.

The Sugar jar gets out when We need to refill the emptied large Peanut Butter
jar We keep in one of the Upper Kitchen Cabinets.
Keeping some Sugar there makes it easier for Us when We need just a small
amount to sweeten a Drink or to use in a Recipe.

(That's easier than dragging that heavy Sugar Jar out of the Pantry all the
time).

Sometimes when I open a gallon jar (or some other container), the contents
(Sugar or something else) isn't loose any more, IT IS HARD AS A ROCK
(and Ed's Head [TM] too!), and it takes lots of effort to get the quantity
that We need to use out of the container.

When I was a Young Child I remember seeing a small pack of Rice in some
jars.

I was told that the Rice would absorb any moisture and keep what was in the
jar from getting hard. I think that was the explanation when I asked "WHY?".

As I was remembering that, I started wondering if something, other than a
Cloth Packet could be used to have the Rice in.

I have some small plastic Zip-Lock bags, but figure if I used one of them
I would have to punch One or Two or Several very, very tiny Holes in the bag
to allow the Rice to get some air circulating in that bag.

I think I will try using a short length of small size copper Wire (#22 Guage)
to punch the holes in the bag.

I have bought Plastic Zip-Lock Bags in Bulk at a Stationary Store and also
seen small Packets of those Plastic Bags at the Hobby Lobby Store.

Am I alone thinking about putting Rice packets in Flour, Sugar and other Jars?

Or does Everybody in this Cooking Echo do that already.

73 de Ed W9ODR         .       .

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