Re: [CH] Found a source for NM chiles (frozen)
jim (jim@mail.wildpepper.com)
Sun, 3 Jun 2007 10:09:19 -0500
Egyptian moths! The bane of ground chile storage everywhere. My experience
has been that it takes more than a day of freezing to kill them. After I
was hit with them one time, I found a cycle of freeze/thaw/freeze to be
effective: two weeks in the freezer, one week out, two weeks in. Anymore,
it's straight into the freezer for any ground chiles I receive in my house!
Good luck ridding yourself of the infestation- you'll need to put LOTS of
other stuff into the freezer as well to make sure you get at all of them.
Pancake mixes, powdered milks, soup mixes, etc, etc, you name it. You'll
also need to check the pantries themselves to hunt down all their little
hiding places. Look for stuff that resembles grains of rice stuck to
various surfaces- this is "round two" laying in wait for you. Look for
little tiny holes bored through plastic bags for signs that something might
be infected. The appearance of 'spider web' looking stuff in your powders
is a sure sign.
-Jim C
http://www.StepUpForCharity.org
Mild to Wild(R)