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I saw a video on Instagram you can keep flour in mason jar using an attachment for the Foodsaver. It might be special lids, not sure. You have to put a piece of paper towel on it so the floor doesn't suck up. I don't remember the shelf life doing this. One person commented and saying wheat berries are a better option. You would have to grind them into flour. Apparently they last longer. I follow gardeners and homesteaders, I think the homesteaders are into getting the berries. Kinda like living like Amish in making food. There's probably info online. This is links I saved. On a related note I just found out you can can water. Even tap water and it taste good or better after canning. The video I saw said it started out because sometimes you have an empty space and using a jar of water helps. One commenter said when she was growing up her family canned water and kept in basement for tornado season. Obviously before bottled water. Sorry I don't have a video.
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I am a baker, and I bought some flower doing Covid. It was some special kind of quaker flower. Anyway, the reason I like it is because it was 4 cups per bag. So all I needed to use one bag to make my own bread. I saved the bags, because I wanted to use them for special things when I was baking.
Well here it is a couple years later, and I thought oh great I’ll use that flower for these cookies I want to make. But the minute I opened it up, it smelled really bad. I ended up throwing them all away. No big deal.
I think if the flower that you have doesn’t smell bad or taste bad, then you should use it. The only reason not to use it, is if it did smell or taste bad, and it would ruin the food that you were making. Other than that enjoy it.
Edit; I just looked up on the Internet how long flour lasts. It says 3 to 8 months. But I know that’s bull crap. However, it did say you could extend the life of your flower if you keep it in the refrigerator or freezer. It was on Google, so just saying.
It’s funny you say that because the reason why they say that the flour goes bad, it’s because of the oils in it. So if the old flower had that oily feeling to it, probably cause it went bad. I’m glad you switched it out. What are you making? I hope it’s something good.
Thank you baker.
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Just for the record, he replaced the flower, because the old flower felt oily, compared to the new flower.
But I get what you’re saying. KEK!
If you’re baking, there’s always going to be crumbs
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