> > I keep my preps in old timey hinge-topped mason jars, with the rubber >> removed. I keep the jars closed but not latched. The idea is that, >> without the rubber, the jars provide 'just the right amount of >> aeration..' >> >> -Allan > > >Does that mean you take them out of the little plastic bags & put them loose >into the mason jars or just stick the plastic bags themselves into the jars? > >jane
Jane - I take them out of the little plastic bags. Plastic is not a stable material. It bleeds nasty molecules continually. I do collect the empty bags, however. Word of advice to you city people: do not carry JPI bagged 501 in your shirt pocket and absentmindedly lay it on the sales counter at the WalMart while searching your pocket for that blank check you folded and shoved in their earlier in the morning...
