Guess what I found?
11-23-2010, 08:03 AM
#71
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Freezing kills all possibility of having bugs hatch in the flour/grain items. I freeze boxes of pancake mix, Bisquick, any grain product. After a week or so I take them out of the freezer and put on the shelf. I have a small chest freezer I keep all my baking products in so freezing and storing isn't a big problem. I cheated this year and bought frozen yeast rolls. I just don't have the want to make so many this year. I usually keep a lot of my homemade baked yeast rolls in the freezer but I've been sewing instead of baking. Dry beans are easy to keep for long term, just seal so moisture will stay in the beans. Invest in a FoodSaver and it will save you $$$.
11-23-2010, 11:45 AM
#72
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Phenix City, Alabama
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Originally Posted by Marilyn Philips
Reminds me of the old metal Premium soda cracker can that I still keep my crackers in. I don't think they have used these in many years and I wouldn't part with mine.
11-23-2010, 02:07 PM
#74
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: So. Fla now, Va orig
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Originally Posted by drgranny
Originally Posted by Rosyhf
I make my own bread and I have a 25 lb bag now but it's not the fabric one. I wish I knew...anyway, even if we stock up rice, beans, flour because of coming shortages....weebles will get in the stuff....it happen to my rice all the time. I think the egge come with the rice and just hatch later....
11-23-2010, 10:07 PM
#76
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Centerville, WA
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Win-co in Washington sells the flour in the fabric sacks. I have bought them for several years. I do put them in the freezer till ready for use. Then I put it in a 5gal bucket with bay leaves in it. In fact I put bay leaves in anything that is flour based. Things like all pastas, corn meal, pancake mix, rice, cake mixes, etc. Those things will get weevils if you store them very long. I tested this by buying two 5lb bags of flour & set them next to each other. One I put bay leaves in & the other I didn't. The one with out the bay leaves got weevils & the other one didn't. I buy everything in bulk & have no wastage this way. Another thing about flour. It will go rancid if it sits for a long time. So if you buy that in bulk, you want to be sure you will use it fast enough.
11-25-2010, 08:49 PM
#78
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Pa.
Posts: 3,612
Originally Posted by Rosyhf
I make my own bread and I have a 25 lb bag now but it's not the fabric one. I wish I knew...anyway, even if we stock up rice, beans, flour because of coming shortages....weebles will get in the stuff....it happen to my rice all the time. I think the egge come with the rice and just hatch later....
Also, use the bayleaves.
11-26-2010, 02:54 PM
#79
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Headed home
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Originally Posted by ann31039
Originally Posted by Marilyn Philips
Reminds me of the old metal Premium soda cracker can that I still keep my crackers in. I don't think they have used these in many years and I wouldn't part with mine.
