Storing Rye Berries - Advice Needed

Howdy,

So I was preparing some rye berries to be loaded into the pressure cooker late last night. I had rinsed them several times, let them soak for 24 hours, boiled for about 25 minutes or so, then let them dry.

They came out looking pretty nice - well hydrated on the inside without being wet on the outside with a minimal amount of burst kernels.

I put them in a quart jar [with the lid unsealed and a bit loose] to be PC'd for 90 mins, but ended up hitting the hay before loading it in the pressure cooker.

Rye berries are the cheapest part of the tek, so its not a big deal, but my question to you is - are the grains still usable since they were left out, unrefigerated, overnight? They were in a mason jar with the lid left loose at room temp.

Would this make them contaminated? Could I still throw the jar in the pressure cooker and be in business?

All your help is much appreciated.

Also ... I understand that letting the grains soak gives endospores a chance to germinate before whiping them out in the pressure cooker, but if im going to pressure cook for 90+ minutes at 15psi, how necessary is the soak / boil?

Should be fine. You want to make sure you rinse AFTER the boil, though, or you'll end up with very sticky and starchy grain. The pre-soak and boil IS very necessary. The soak and boil give the endospores a chance to "crack out of their shells" and become susceptible to the pressure cooking.

Highly recommend finding magash's rye tek on the shroomery, follow it to the T, it will work well.

Thank you very much sir, its been found!