Re: Freezing flour--Robin (Was: Broth -- freezing & storing)

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I freeze flour at least 4 days to kill any flour moth eggs.

Wanita

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At 12:28 PM 6/28/02 -0400, you wrote:

>In a message dated 6/28/02 10:05:07 AM Central Daylight Time,

>wanitawa@... writes:

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>> I freeze flour at least 4 days to kill any flour moth eggs.

>> Wanita

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>I four days enough? I'd love to put the flour in the freezer for a few days

>when I get it home then into canning jars. As it is now I put it into

canning

>jars and end up with moths.

>

>Belinda

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Somewhere I read 4 days did it. It usually is in the freezer longer as I buy

ahead and not take it out till needed. Thats in the chest freezer not fridge

freezer for colder freeze.

Wanita

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In a message dated 6/28/02 10:05:07 AM Central Daylight Time,

wanitawa@... writes:

> I freeze flour at least 4 days to kill any flour moth eggs.

> Wanita

I four days enough? I'd love to put the flour in the freezer for a few days

when I get it home then into canning jars. As it is now I put it into canning

jars and end up with moths.

Belinda

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Robin,

It would depend on how long you will be keeping the flour. I sometimes

put mine in the fridge. I grind my own flour and try to use it fresh as

much as possible, but I usually have some leftover, which I then save to

use when I don't need very much at a time. I'm not really sure how long

it would be fine in the fridge versus the freezer. I have heard that

Vitamin E is destroyed when you freeze flour--I'm not sure how accurate

that is, but sometimes I figure it is better not to freeze it if I don't

have to.

Generally you want to freeze or refrigerate anything with oils in

it--like nuts, etc. Again, I think it depends on how long you will be

keeping it as to whether the fridge is fine or you should freeze it.

Bonnie in NC

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> > Bonnie in NC (who uses any kind of glass jar for freezing flour,

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> Is it better to store flour in the freezer? I store mine in the

> fridge. What things are best stored in the freezer?

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