Flour and moths
On 8/19/2012 10:24 AM, Quinch wrote:
> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 15:37:22 +0200, Quinch >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I've got a persisting problem I could use some help with, if anyone has
>>> experience.
>>>
>>> I tend to buy flour in bulk in large paper sacks that would ideally last
>>> me about a year or so, if not more. The problem is that, inevitably and
>>> usually in the summer, moths manage to crawl inside at which point the
>>> whole batch is pretty much unrecoverable. Trying to seal the sack has,
>>> at best, only delayed the inevitable, so I'm wondering, does anyone have
>>> any advice on how to deal with this?
>>
>> The flour has the eggs in there already. No brand is any better/worse
>> than others. Keep the flour in the freezer or refrigerator and they
>> won't hatch. Put the flour in a plastic storage container and it will
>> stay dry.
>
> It's a sack of fifty kilos - freezing isn't an option, though I guess I
> could look into a container. Would a large, thick plastic bag work?
>
Then buy smaller sacks of flour. Why on earth do you need so much? Do
you own a bakery?!
Jill
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