"Quinch" > wrote in message
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> 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?

There are a number of things you can do and you can find out what that is by
doing a google on 'pantry moths' and 'weevils' because if you have the
moths, you'll also have the weevils as these maggot like looking things are
jsut a different stage of the life cycle.

probably the best thing you can do once you've cleaned everythign is to not
buy such large quantities of flour because often the moth will already be in
the flour and will emerge when conditions are right.

I say that because no self respecting pantry moth would live in bad flour
and so the milling companies cannot get rid of all moths because they'd make
such a toxic product that no human could eat it. Buy smaller quantities and
use them up quicker - it's also better for you not to have old flour being
used.