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===Storing solar dried food=== For people on the move or with limited storage space, plastic freezer bags are safe, durable, and easily transported. Food should be put in small clean bags, labeled, and dated. The smaller bags can be grouped into larger freezer bags, giving larvae two layers to penetrate if they attempt to invade. For those who avoid plastic, glass jars or metal containers with tight lids do well. Pack to eliminate air. Indeginous native populations in the American Southwest sometimes stored dried food in large earthen jars packed very tightly and covered with leather tied on tightly. These jars were kept on the roof and so were subject to low temperatures at night. Others stored dried food in hay-lined pits lined with flat rocks to deter rodents. These pits were so deep a person had to be assisted to get out. These were covered with leather or boards as a rain protection. All stored food should be checked periodically for weevils, which are small, relatively clean insects. Infestations come from eggs hatched in storage areas. They grow to about 13 mm (1/2 in) long and then go into a small webbed cocoon. The mature form is a thin, gray-brown moth about 13 mm (1/2 in) long. Infestation can be controlled by eliminating the adult moths before they lay their eggs. Once hatched, the larvae feed only on clean food. The form most prevalent in the USA is found as white, soft-bodied active "worms" with dark heads. Since they feed only in the stored food, they do not usually carry disease or toxic contamination. Even if the larvae themselves are not visible, weevil infestation is easily recognized. Small brown granules in the bottom of the packages or 13 mm (1/2 in) bits of white webs indicate infestation. The same pasteurization method can be used to kill adult and immature weevils. Treat and then sift out the residue. Pasteurized dried goods rarely show infestation if stored in airtight containers, but if stored in bread bags, they almost always will. Cooked weevil-infested food is usually safe to serve and eat if food is scarce. Some cooks on seeing larva facetiously say "Just a little clean protein ... God's gift to vegetarians." But prevention is the best policy. Clean, quick handling and good packaging is the key, along with storing at the lowest available room temperature – below {{DegreeF|70}} there is little or no weevil activity.
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