Recipe Thread

[cassiesmom]

I always keep flours and sugars and the like, in airtight containers. They must seal and be air tight, or they will eventually get buggy. I don't care how much you clean - if it sits in your pantry or in a kitchen cabinet - you will get bugs/weevils in it.

Have you been checking out my kitchen, Pom? Such a frustrating problem. I buy small quantities of sugar, rice, flour and dry cereal because everything gets "buggy". I buy oatmeal packets instead of the round containers, too. I have to be so careful and wrap or bag absolutely everything.

[pomtzu]

Have you been checking out my kitchen, Pom? Such a frustrating problem. I buy small quantities of sugar, rice, flour and dry cereal because everything gets "buggy". I buy oatmeal packets instead of the round containers, too. I have to be so careful and wrap or bag absolutely everything.

Yes - I have to seal everything here. If I don't use air tight storage containers, then it gets bagged. I bag (a gallon zip-lock bag) things like Bisquick that come in a box with an inner cello/plastic bag. I just put that inner bag in the zip bag, and put that back in the original box. If I have too much flour that all won't fit into the air tight, I just leave the excess in the flour bag, tape it closed, and put that in a zip bag. I could go on - but you get the idea.

I have to practice "preventive medicine". I've had to throw out way too many buggy products over the years. It's such a waste to do that - and it's so easy to prevent it.