Guess what I found?
11-21-2010, 05:57 AM
#21
Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Baileys Prairie, Texas
Posts: 294
if I had seen them, I would have bought at least one. Transfer the flour (beans or rice) to smaller sacks and freeze them. They will be fine ove a year. Who was the manufacturer who offered the sacks?
11-21-2010, 06:09 AM
#22
Super Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 1,152
How about a share club? Divide the flour into apx. 5 lb. 1 gallon plastic freezer storage bag. Divide the pounds in the bag by 5 to get the number of "divides". Divide the price by 5, then subtract some cost from 4 of them, say use the regular price for a 5 lb bag (after all you get to keep the cloth bag.) What store carries them. Would love to buy one and share with my daughter's and friends.
Originally Posted by cosyquilter
I was at my local grocer's today, picking up Thanksgiving and saw: FLOUR IN REAL FLOUR SACKS! Sweet florals just like the ones my mom bought in the fifties! About $3 more than the paper sacks. If I had a place to store 25 lbs, I might have bought a bag. Maybe after Christmas I'll indulge, just for the memory.
11-21-2010, 07:26 AM
#26
Super Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Desert Southwest
Posts: 1,314
A little research: LaPina sells flour in cloth sacks. Their website isn't very detailed but you might want to save the name to a bookmark as more information may be heading our way. Also, Cortez Milling Co. out of Cortez, CO. sells Blue Bird flour in 20, 10 and 5 lb. sacks. Their website is under construction and just has photos up at the moment. Let's just keep the info flowing and some us will be sure to find it!
11-21-2010, 07:44 AM
#28
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Full Time RV'er
Posts: 485
Beans can be used for so many things like stuffed toys, etc. I made some bean bags to set on our patio chairs so they don't fall over in the wind. Many of our family quilts are from feed and flour sacks. I also remember cornmeal coming in cloth sacks. If you use a lot of beans, it won't matter if bugs get in (I don't know what they would eat) since you rinse them and soak them before cooking.
11-21-2010, 08:08 AM
#29
Super Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Bay Area near San Francisco
Posts: 1,213
Originally Posted by cosyquilter
I was at my local grocer's today, picking up Thanksgiving and saw: FLOUR IN REAL FLOUR SACKS! Sweet florals just like the ones my mom bought in the fifties! About $3 more than the paper sacks. If I had a place to store 25 lbs, I might have bought a bag. Maybe after Christmas I'll indulge, just for the memory.
11-21-2010, 08:45 AM
#30
Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Posts: 70
I doubt that any agency collecting food for the needy would use flour or other staples out of the original container. They would be concerned it was tampered with. If you want to buy and donate, I would suggest taking it in unopened and ask them to give the fabric back to you.
