Er…in my case, rice, rice everywhere and none to cook with!
I learned a valuable food storage lesson recently. I normally keep a quart jar of long grain white rice in my pantry so there’s not a huge bag open at one time. I had already put most of the 50 pound bags we’d purchased into mylar and buckets.
Hence, the problem.
When I ran out of rice in the pantry, I quickly realized I had two options: open a brand new 5o pound bag of rice or break into my long term food storage buckets.
Needless to say, I opened a 50 pound bag and spent the next half hour breaking it down into bags to vacuum seal. This time, I did smaller bags of 4 to 5 pounds per bag. Major “duh” moment on my part for not thinking of this sooner. Since we are using/rotating most of our food storage, it just makes sense to have smaller amounts more accessible.
Lesson learned!
Don’t put all of your food storage into mylar and buckets! There is such a thing as “long term” food storage, and then food that will be rotated more quickly. I knew this already, but putting it into practice is another thing entirely. 
