On Fri, 31 Oct 2014 17:35:22 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Oregonian Haruspex" > wrote in message
...
>> 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.

Try some bleach. Or get a can of Raid and spray it into the drain.

Doris