Dryer Bag
August 24th, 2010 | Published in Dryers
If I put leftover dried pasta into a ziplock bag will it stay fresh?
I have one of those tupperware pasta holder things, but right now I have angel hair pasta in it (dried).I cooked Penne and put the leftover dried pasta from the Barilla box in a ziplock bag. I decided I wanted to make Mezzi Rigatoni pasta and now have the leftover dried pasta in another ziplock bag.
Will the ziplock bags keep the pasta fresh? Or should I only put them in tupperware?
Yep, you’ll be fine. I always store my “extras” in ziploc bags and seriously, it will keep in there for eternity pretty much.
I have a ziploc bag of elbows that I opened up at least 6 months ago, but the bag ripped all to shreds, so I grabbed a gallon size zip bag and they’ve been perfect in there ever since.
In my experience, it’s best to take them out of the boxes and store the pasta in zip bags anyway because every so often I’ll find a box of mac and cheese or something on the shelf that I don’t realize how long it’s been there and end up with a boiling pot of pasta and little teenie black bugs floating to the top of the water. I still haven’t figured out what the heck they are, but I’ve heard that they are some kind of mite that eats through cardboard.
Gross.
Anyway, I haven’t had any problems once everything is in a zip bag. Even if it’s been in the bag for longer than it probably should have been…LOL
Homemade and then dried pasta though has a much shorter shelf life and should only be kept in an airtight container for a maximum of 2 to 3 months.
But even the USDA says that store bought dried pasta has a pretty indefinite shelf life, but for best results should be used no longer than 2 years after purchase.
Hope that helps a little 
