WHOAH! weavils? new to baking - and new to florida - this one caught my
attention. first, to the dictionary:

weevil
\Wee"vil\, n. [OE. wivel, wevil, AS. wifel, wibil; akin to OD. wevel, OHG.
wibil, wibel, G. wiebel, wibel, and probably to Lith. vabalas beetle, and E.
weave. See<A HREF="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=weave"> Weave</A>.]
(Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of snout beetles, or Rhynchophora, in
which the head is elongated and usually curved downward. Many of the species
are very injurious to cultivated plants. The larv[ae] of some of the species
live in nuts, fruit, and grain by eating out the interior, as the plum weevil,
or curculio, the nut weevils, and the grain weevil (see under<A
HREF="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=plum"> Plum</A>,<A
HREF="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=nut"> Nut</A>, and<A
HREF="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=grain"> Grain</A>). The larv[ae]
of other species bore under the bark and into the pith of trees and various
other plants, as the pine weevils (see under<A
HREF="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=pine"> Pine</A>). See also<A
HREF="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=pea%20weevil"> Pea weevil</A>,<A
HREF="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=rice%20weevil"> Rice
weevil</A>,<A HREF="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=seed%20weevil">
Seed weevil</A>, under<A HREF="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=pea">
Pea</A>,<A HREF="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=rice"> Rice</A>,
and<A HREF="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=seed"> Seed</A>.

THERE'S LIVESTOCK IN GROCERY FLOUR?! Killed by freezing or not, won't we still
be eating organic dead stuff? I was going to buy unground whole grain and
start from there. What will I find THERE?

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I'm not a food expert, but I understand that freezing kills the eggs
of any little critters in the flour, and that all flour contains those
eggs which will eventually hatch if not killed. I always put
newly-purchased flour in zipper-style freezer bags and store them in
the freezer until I need to open a new bag, and don't have problems
with anything hatching and crawling around in flour. On those
occasions I am out of flour and need to purchase more for immediate
use, I don't freeze but simply use the new bag of flour, and have
never notices any difference in the final product.

"Kim Yoshiwara" > wrote in message
om>...
> A long time Floridian told me that you can prevent weavils in any kind of
> flour product by first freezing it. Then it will stay on the shelf bug free.
>
> My question is why does this work?
> Also, does this effect taste or texture of flour products?
>
> Thanks, Kim>>