Fancy a slice of bread?

[terracore]

"In fact, I read that you should freeze a bag of flour for 24 hours before you use it bc all flour contains pantry beetle, book lice, (etc) eggs. Blech."

That is good advice. Lately we've been buying the 25 pound bags at Costco and storing them in 5 gallon food-grade buckets from Walmart. I toss a couple of 2000cc oxygen absorbers into the bucket. So far no critters and the lack of oxygen (supposedly) adds years to the lifespan of the flour, if necessary. Works well for rice, beans, etc, basically all your bulk dry goods. The same technique can be used for 1/2 gallon mason jars and a 100cc oxy absorber:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002AX...tl?ie=UTF8&psc=1&linkCode=ll1&tag=cd023-20&linkId=ccab6e5f34114fc1d39078ba79950ec5

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A2M...tl?ie=UTF8&psc=1&linkCode=ll1&tag=pw016-20&linkId=7dc1f4106b63ef075221a32d4f2bda64

ETA: + gallon

[EightFingers]

“HOPS Average of more than 2,500 aphids per 10 grams”

Wow.


Of course I had to look!

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

HOPS... 2,500 aphids per 10 grams”

I guess when it comes to selling beer, "It's the Water" is a better advertising slogan than "It's the Aphids!"

"You all just got a lot richer." Donald Trump, Dec 23, 2017, speaking to friends, donors, and sycophants who could afford the $200,000 yearly membership fee at Mar-a-Lago.

[Kenney]

My Mom found a thumb in a can of green beans. Glad I didn’t see it. We always look for “foreign objects” now.

We keep all flour, cereal, sugar, dry beans in the freezer. No more bugs or mold.