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How to store miscellaneous grains at home in summer?
1, barley Choose a dry, ventilated and cool environment in summer. It is best to have a ventilated and cool north balcony at home, which is most suitable for storing coix seed. It should be noted that the storage time of coix seed should not exceed half a year as far as possible. The purchased coix seed in sealed bags should be eaten as soon as possible after opening. If there is any surplus, it should be sealed and stored in the refrigerator.

2. Xiaomi. When storing millet, it should be placed in a ventilated and dry place. If millet is found sticky and caked, it is probably because it is rainy in summer and the humidity is too high. If it is not treated in time, it will become moldy and worm-like, and then it can't be eaten. So Xiaomi should dry it as soon as possible after finding it stuck, but don't expose it to the sun. Just put it in the shade and dry it slowly.

3. oats. Among miscellaneous grains, it has high dietary fiber, low sugar content and many trace elements, so it quickly enters people's families and becomes a kind of miscellaneous grains often eaten on the table. Oats are also well preserved and cannot be stored at will. What it needs is a low temperature and dry environment, because oats are harvested in winter and like low temperature environment. If you want to store oats in summer, the best way is to put them in a closed container and put them in the refrigerator.

4. Black rice. Black food has always been a double nutrition in the food industry, among which black rice is favored by people. It contains vitamin C, chlorophyll, anthocyanin and carotene that rice lacks, and is regarded as "healthy rice". The storage of black rice is relatively simple. Just put the bagged black rice directly in a cool and ventilated place. If you buy bulk black rice, you'd better pack it in clean plastic bags and take as much as you eat. Seal the bag and put it in a cool place.

5, mung beans. Mung bean is a common coarse cereal in summer. In fact, many older people are very experienced in storing mung beans. The old method is to wrap some peppers in gauze and put them in mung beans. The smell of pepper can prevent insects, and mung beans will not be infected. Then, you can find a bigger empty plastic bottle and put mung beans and peppers in it, which is convenient and effective in preventing moisture and insects.