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What's going on with my dry mustard?
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02-14-2015, 06:57 PM
My jar of dry mustard keeps coming out of the jar EVEN when the jars lid is screwed on!
I'll wipe it off & not too long later, the jar is coated w/ the powder again! What's going on?! Thanks for your insight!
02-15-2015, 03:00 AM
I seal my dry mustard in a double zip-loc bag, then place it into a small jar, then into a pillowcase and wrap it all with duct tape. Then I put the whole bundle into a large plastic container of filtered water and freeze it.
Easy peasy!
02-15-2015, 10:26 AM
Thanks! What do the larvae look like & can it spread to my other spices in nearby jars?
02-15-2015, 11:52 AM
they do spread.
I just buy as much herbs/spices as I need for a few months at the health food store, then store them in the freezer. Even freezing them for a week or so will kill the bugs/larva, and their remains add a bit of protein to your food. ><(((*< ... ><(("< ... ><('< ... >o>
02-15-2015, 12:06 PM
quote:I use bottled water for the freezing part. Better safe than sorry ]
02-15-2015, 06:19 PM
If you have a propane stove - place your dryish moist mustard powder un capped in the oven with pilot light on at full throttle.
After 7 days of 24/7 drying - make sure every molecule of dry mustard is actually dry and seal in 17 zip locks placed in wax at each level.After that you can then suspend in water and freeze the whole lot, OR place teaspoon fulls in each a separate zip lock bag times 17 times the wax effect times the frozen water and kept in the freezer till actually needed,when you then reverse the entire process to use your dry mustard. OR buy mustard that is naturally moist and use it in that form instead of dry. If you live in Kona , no need this at all,just a Puna moisture issue. It is after all,the sub tropics. In the tropics more worse the dry mustard issues you are experiencing 1st hand. Hope this is totally helpful . Mrs . Mimosa |
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