Freezing flour for 24 hours will kill any larvae, saving you a lot of work getting rid of pantry moths.
Freezing grains also prevents them from getting rancid. I always have my flour in the freezer.
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Ooo very smart, thumbs up. Funnily enough, every time I see a bag of flour, I have a flashback to my college boyfriend trying to make me a cake for my birthday and it being infested with bugs. SHUDDER! This tip makes me happy!
I have heard this really works. I have never had a problem with bugs but I keep my flour, sugar, meal etc in jumbo zip lock bags. I used to buy them in the store but now I have to order them on line.
Judy
I'm sensing Déjà vu all over again. There was a similar tip posted some time back, and like yours, I didn't understand it.
I can see freezing larvae free flour to extend its shelf life, but I don't understand freezing larvae filled flour.
When do you sift the larvae out, before or after freezing? Or do you? One bug, I could pick out, maybe; but infested flour would go back to the grocer.
I can see freezing flour to prevent larval infestation, but that's about it. What am I missing?
I have never had any bugs, but that is what I heard.
Freezing flour keeps the bugs from getting in. I've kept my flour in the freezer, along with other flours besides AP, cornmeal, pancake mix, and Bisquick.
I started doing this when I got my first bread machine about 30 years ago. They recommended using ingredients as cold as possible.
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