just got my flour out to make the yummy sounding coca cola fudge cake someone posted the recipe to and there weeveles in my flour grr luckily i had just brought a new pack id not added to my tub! where should i now keep my flour was it the fridge or the freezer its going to mean ill not be able to keep as much as i used to due to needing the space in my fridge and freezer for food
vintagekitty,
Mar 10, 6:44pm
I read on here about keeping it in the freezer. It does not get hot enough usually here, so have not tried it. Mind you, years ago when they had the flour bins, they would have just sifted them out and used the flour!
kiwipossum,
Mar 10, 6:49pm
really haha i thought about it but then threw it out,im on the gold coast now so i guess i should have thought about it sooner!! kind of annoyed about the wasting of money but lesson learned into the freezer it goes!! in a container im guessing?
vintagekitty,
Mar 10, 6:54pm
lol, I havent checked mine closely, but I wonder if i'd just use it as well, and I think I prob would. Really whats some tiny cooked weevils going to do in the great scheme of things
elliehen,
Mar 10, 6:59pm
They say that many diners get extra protein from the critters in their food.I know that I routinely fed my children steamed green caterpillars tucked up underneath broccoli florets ;)
vintagekitty,
Mar 10, 7:01pm
haha, I was just thinking about the "special" thing small children eat. I remember the dirt pies and worms, bugs and dust covered toys that went into small mouths
ant_sonja,
Mar 10, 7:09pm
they take on the flavour of whatever they've been living off - our son didn't realize he was eating quite a few green caterpillars as well when chomping down on a handful's of curly parsley from the garden! I'd been picking them off the plants and feeding them to the chooks for some time until I gave up as we had plenty of parsley to go around but noticed the squished caterpillars smelling very strongly of parsley - Probably a healthy addition to the diet :-)
vintagekitty,
Mar 10, 7:14pm
mmm, I firmly believe, if in doubt, feed it to the family. If they are ok, its fine for me...........
kinna54,
Mar 10, 11:02pm
Ick aren't they revolting litle critters! sometimes it's not the way you are storing your flour but how it is has been stored in bulk. I know people who have stored it in the airing cupboard! Justgood ol tupperware storage does me. And as for eating your peck of dirt..... well from someone who regularly rescued kids from eating slaters........Lol.
wasala,
Mar 10, 11:51pm
Wendyl suggests freezing everything but i did it with some macaroni, and two weeks later the weevils were still active. Now I'm really stumped!
seaturtle,
Mar 11, 3:07pm
Have you tried placing fresh bay leaves in your flour bin? I replace them every few months when I wash out the flour bin. I freeze rice in 5kg bags for up to a month+ this seems to keep the little blighters out of the pantry stocks but keep a close look out for the tell tail signs of thise little grey moths hanging around inside the pantry especially in the warmer months
kiwipossum,
Mar 11, 6:49pm
really haha i thought about it but then threw it out,im on the gold coast now so i guess i should have thought about it sooner! kind of annoyed about the wasting of money but lesson learned into the freezer it goes! in a container im guessing!
vintagekitty,
Mar 11, 6:54pm
lol, I havent checked mine closely, but I wonder if i'd just use it as well, and I think I prob would. Really whats some tiny cooked weevils going to do in the great scheme of things
ant_sonja,
Mar 11, 7:09pm
they take on the flavour of whatever they've been living off - our son didn't realize he was eating quite a few green caterpillars as well when chomping down on a handful's of curly parsley from the garden! I'd been picking them off the plants and feeding them to the chooks for some time until I gave up as we had plenty of parsley to go around but noticed the squished caterpillars smelling very strongly of parsley - Probably a healthy addition to the diet :-)
vintagekitty,
Mar 11, 7:14pm
mmm, I firmly believe, if in doubt, feed it to the family. If they are ok, its fine for me.
kinna54,
Mar 11, 11:02pm
Ick aren't they revolting litle critters! sometimes it's not the way you are storing your flour but how it is has been stored in bulk. I know people who have stored it in the airing cupboard! Justgood ol tupperware storage does me. And as for eating your peck of dirt. well from someone who regularly rescued kids from eating slaters.Lol.
wasala,
Mar 11, 11:51pm
Wendyl suggests freezing everything but i did it with some macaroni, and two weeks later the weevils were still active. Now I'm really stumped!
seaturtle,
Jun 18, 12:11pm
Have you tried placing fresh bay leaves in your flour bin! I replace them every few months when I wash out the flour bin. I freeze rice in 5kg bags for up to a month+ this seems to keep the little blighters out of the pantry stocks but keep a close look out for the tell tail signs of thise little grey moths hanging around inside the pantry especially in the warmer months
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