"Oregonian Haruspex" > wrote in message
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> On 2014-10-31 07:13:54 +0000, Julie Bove said:
>
>> I just returned from the kitchen where I whipped up a batch of white
>> bread dough for a sandwich. And it was a good thing that I did! For
>> there in my bread keeper were at least a dozen fruit flies! Where did
>> they come from? I don't know. Although I have seen the occasional one
>> flying around over the summer, I hadn't seen any recently. This is the
>> bread keeper that I bought:
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
>> Although I agree with some of the reviewers that it is a bit of a clunky
>> and unwieldy design, I have had no problems with it until now. The bread
>> I bake has no preservatives in it but the ventilation holes seem to work
>> to prevent the bread from going moldy. It takes me 6-7 days to eat one
>> loaf and I have not seen any mold on it at all. Neither has it gotten
>> dried out.
>>
>> But obviously the little fruit flies got in through the holes. When I
>> spied them, I immediately snatched the whole thing up and took it
>> outside, attempting to close the ventilation holes but at least one flew
>> out while I was in the garage. And even with the holes closed, it isn't
>> a super tight seal. So...
>>
>> What do keep your bread in? A full loaf will technically fit into a
>> bread bag but the bags are not long enough to allow me to close them. I
>> do have some 2 gallon bread type bags. The Baggies brand. I don't even
>> remember buying the things so I haven't a clue where they came from and
>> it would appear that they are no longer being made. I do have some 2
>> gallon zippered bags. I could use those but I would prefer something
>> that isn't disposable as I intend to make bread weekly or more often.
>> Yes, I know that bags can be washed but that's kind of a PITA.
>>
>> Grrrr... I just did not need this. But at least I discovered it now and
>> not when I was fixing to make toast of it. I guess I will have white
>> toast tomorrow because I don't need two full loaves of bread. The one
>> that I tossed was about half eaten.
>
> They (and their larvae) can live in your drain so get into the habit of
> pouring some boiling water down the drain hole every once in a while.
> That'll learn 'em.

I do. I had a severe problem with drain flies once before. But boiling
water didn't help.