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We do, easy way to avoid bugs getting in there. Guess it's related to the fact we don't bake that often, a 2kg (4.5 lbs) bag of flour can last us a month.
by magicalhippo 2y ago
We do, easy way to avoid bugs getting in there.
Guess it's related to the fact we don't bake that often, a 2kg (4.5 lbs) bag of flour can last us a month.
- krisoft 2y agoAnd do you in practice seen bugs in your flour? How often? Because i too consume flour at a similar rate to yours, I don’t recontainer my flour and never in my life seen bugs in flour.
- magicalhippo 2y agoYes, not terribly often but enough that the simple act of putting it in an airtight container is worth it.
- samastur 2y agoYes or more correctly, my wife and I used to until we started putting all such goods (flour, oats, rice) in sealed glass containers.
- mhuffman 2y agoPerhaps you might not have been looking close enough. If you are not blasting through flour very quickly and you leave it in a bag, even clipped, you can get weevils and mites. This is not new. Ask elderly home cooks that you know. Putting it in sealed containers or jars, however, it can keep for a good while.
- hermitcrab 2y agoExtra protein?
- nicoburns 2y agoHuh, I guess the likelihood of this depends on where you live. I have had this happen only once in my entire life, and a 1kg bag of flour can last me several months! (I rarely bake cook with flour)
- magicalhippo 2y agoTrue. It's apparently one of the most common pests in Norwegian households and in the Scandinavian countries, but not that common elsewhere[1]. Seems it might be related to our climate, with cold winters but warm indoor temperatures. [1]: https://www.pestium.no/skadedyr-i-naeringsmidler/hvor-kommer-dyrene-frax/historien-om-den-brunsvarte-melbille/ https://www.pestium.no/skadedyr-i-naeringsmidler/hvor-kommer...
- mijamo 2y agoInterestingly it happened to me a lot in France but never in Sweden. So it cannot be just about temperature