The Secret Trick to Getting Rid of Bugs in Flour!

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[@esperantogod]

Please help me out I have been keeping my unopened bag of flour in the fridge for a few months now. Is it still good?

[@chrislear6676]

I live in Florida and repackage sugar in air tight containers. No bug problems. I keep my extra flour in the freezer. When I open a new bag it's put in an air tight container. No problems. And I'm with Tawra - I'm 72 and don't need food that will last for 25 years.

[@jeanwegner5684]

I use bay leaf. I do, however, tape it to the inside of the lid or against the side. I accidentally cooked it into some bread 🤣

[@dawncurtis583]

I accidentally left a leaf in some stew and my husband ate it. He was in some intestinal distress for a while!

[@dbennett20]

That's a good idea. I'll have to start doing that. My daughter has baked the bay leave in her chocolate chip cookies to many times to count. I know she'll love this idea!

[@justlikeheaven7149]

Yesss, I totally agree I have never frozen any of my rice or grains & I also like food grade D.E. For my stuff, I use it on or around my plants, food… everything! Harmless to humans & animals but not bugs & if you do find a few weevils in your rice just pick them out & cook your rice people! 😁

[@emmaelias1946]

Make sure diatomaceous earth is "food grade". Non-food grade is used for cleaning swimming pools.

[@pamt3915]

I keep flour & sugar in its original paper packaging, vacuum seal it & put it on the shelf. By removing the oxygen, the bugs can’t survive & the eggs won’t hatch.

[@deloresfishwick594]

I had an infestation years ago. The bugs bore thru plastic ziplock bags.

[@pamt3915]

Ziplock bags aren’t airtight, so bugs & their eggs continue to live & grow. Vacuum sealing removes the oxygen, so they can’t survive.

[@hayleyberderow9726]

I store all my flour in the freezer and it works very well

[@carenfeldman8854]

I learned in a gardening class that diatomaceous earth has the same effect on insects as walking on broken glass would be to us. It scratches up their exoskeletons and causes damage, but in their case, the damage is enough to kill them.

[@keithandsmarie4358]

"If the fecal matter hits the oscillation unit;" ~I love it! I also really, really enjoy your videos!

[@duckmanyeah5738]

That was how sifting got started years ago. Sift out bugs or any grain that may not broke down.

[@janeburke147]

Thanks I always thought it was so baking was lighter 👍🏻

[@duckmanyeah5738]

@@janeburke147 I guess getting the bugs out made things lighter. Just saying

[@janeburke147]

@@duckmanyeah5738 Thanks I will start to do this 🙂🇬🇧

[@ran6110]

Once again, thanks for being the level headed adult in the room. I'm on the southern Mojave desert and I basically don't have to do any special storage but everyone thinks I need to fallow the steps someone in a southern state needs!

[@SWIdaho2]

Whew, glad you mentioned Idaho & explained why we don't have pantry bugs!😄 I kept thinking that surely it wasn't necessary for me to do all the extra storage procedures. Eastern Oregon & Eastern Washington are also dry climates.

[@cbmeski]

Thanks for this. I do have indoor cats and try to find uses for the buckets once empty. Now, I have another use for them. Very useful information.

[@judithscharf6318]

I keep whole wheat flour frozen all the time, as it gets rancid. I do the same with cornmeal and nuts.

[@debicaron6046]

I froze all my flour and put it in air tight containers..works Luke a charm

[@icecreamladydriver1606]

I always heard 72 hours so that is how i do it and i have never had a problem. My friend greatly improved her arthritis by putting 2 tablespoons of DE in half glass of juice and drink it before breakfast.

[@emilythomas210]

When we lived in the Cayman Islands it was common to find bugs in our flour. Most groceries were shipped to the island, the weather contributed to this problem as well. It was just common practice to freeze flour for a few days before use.

[@sherb7256]

We live in central Texas and one of our cars is black (the one I drive), so when I go shopping I leave the flour in the car for a day as 100 degree temps will heat the inside of my car to 130 to 170 degrees. Kills anything inside cereal, flour, sugar etc... I bought some cereal from a well known low cost grocery store next thing I knew we had these little bugs in the pantry. That's when we heated things up a bit. The Texas heat can be used for good🤠

[@susaninthehouse768]

I also seal a bucket with tape that easily comes off to keep air and bugs out . No mylar . good vid !

[@lewis9888]

I put three 4lb bags of Sugar in metal 50 caliber ammo cans with a rubber seal in the lid. The cans are not cheap but rodents, bugs or moisture can't get in it. I put my Salt in Plastic Containers with a rubber seal in the lid. I have many 5 gallon buckets of wheat berries that sat on the porch through the winter out of the weather to kill the bugs and the buckets have a rubber seal to keep out rodents, bugs and moisture. Be safe.

[@maggietaskila8606]

I use bay leaves in my flour , I also put bay leaves in my cabinets , to keep bugs out of everything .

[@elaine-65]

Here in NC the bug problem is awful due to humidity. Back in the area that I grew up in NY , we did not have a bug problem. Can’t wait to move somewhere where it is dry and cold.

[@moniqueyap9193]

A little trick I learned along the way......I live in a tropical climate and we do have weevil issues if we are not careful. I freeze my rice and flours for a week. So far it's worked well. But also, when I put the rice in a daily use container I put a piece of the press and seal wrap over the top before tightening the lid. That stuff really helps keep it airtight. Works great. I'm also now using diatemaceous earth in my larger, longer term storage buckets. Great tip!

[@MispelledOnPurpose]

Those little rounded brown bugs you showed are a form of beetle, they call them biscuit beetles along with other names. Good luck getting rid of them if you find them in your home. I've been battling them for years with no luck. Every bit of food and spice in my home has to be sealed at all times. Their tiny larvae even make their way up the threads of a screw top lid of some of those plastic containers that you showed. I've had to throw out over half of my spice cabinet as well as countless food, even my toaster. They can bore holes into paper such as oatmeal packets. I found them in an old package of mouse poison at the back of a cabinet. They climb into your appliances and every nook and cranny of your home. I've found them in all rooms of my house, in linens and clothes including clean ones.

[@carmenvalentin9844]

Hello I love your video and all the information. I came from Puerto Rico 9 Year ago to live in Connecticut, we used to have flour and rice and we always put a bay leaves in the container and the bug don't come in because of the smell. Thanks and God bless you and your beautiful family.

[@99zanne]

Ok, not to be difficult, but one doesn’t eat raw flour - it’s always cooked. All weevils, eggs, and bacteria are dead and deactivated from heat. I’m pretty sure if you freeze the flour for a period of time before you store it, that kills weevils and their eggs, too. All flour has the weevil eggs - we just don’t see them hatching until we try to store the flour for long periods of time.

[@RebeccaAnnette]

I am in Tennessee and this can become an expensive nightmare! I used to keep my flour in the freezer because nothing seemed to work. Finally I got GLASS (important) canisters with screw-on lids and have NEVER had a problem. In those canisters, there is no oxygen for anything to hatch out. It has been years since my flour tried to crawl away! Hope this helps someone else. Walmart is where I got my gallon jar containers and I think they might still have them. They were $6 apiece and I needed them for my bread, all-purpose, cornmeal, and wheat flours and I got extras for other things like sugar because they were so nice. I got chalkboard labels and a paint pen and made cute labels. 🙂 *Bay leaves, gum wrappers, and freezing alone never seemed to work for me. If I buy bulk, it stays in the freezer until I need it to this day. I have heard if the flour is in its original package or a plastic container, weevils can come over for a visit from other packages in your pantry, such as cake mixes or oats (which I also started keeping in a GLASS canister) and they can bore through cardboard and plastic and wreck your food. Also beware of noodles and pastas. If you keep them too long, they get buggy too.

[@tanyan8458]

thank you , very helpful, i ll check walmart for those jars

[@tonyamarie5857]

I also use the glass jars for my pantry as well. Flour, sugar, potato flakes, rice and so much more.

[@patricialee1477]

We lived for two yrs. in Ismir, Turkey where insects are rampant. Sifting flour is not new to me. We did it all the time. It was preferable to buy bread on the local market with bugs baked in the bread. I'm still around to tell the story!

[@peggystutz8522]

One of my neighbor kids wanted my kitty litter containers for nesting boxes for his chickens! I loved it.

[@strawberryme08]

I’m idaho never had food big issues we’ve always used 5 gallon bucket with gama lid

[@p.j.5539]

Keep it simple. Smart

[@kim-pm8gi]

I’ve heard you should freeze your flour for several days, take it out for a few days so if there are any eggs that could still hatch, then REfreeze for several days…..this should kill everything

[@tanyatanya8808]

Add some clove too works for rice and flour

[@50kArchipelagos]

I just had this problem day before yesterday. WM GV bag dated for Nov 23! Scads in there. I dumped it. I've got more of these bags and fret to open them. I prepped with these 25 lb bags. I've read up on it, bought a flour seive. They're not dangerous. I'm following Klaus Schwab's plan ahead of schedule I guess (Give me yo money, live in ze pod, eat ze bugs). If you have a freezer, folks CYCLE YOUR FLOUR THROUGH A FREEZER 96 HOURS EACH. Then bag 'em up!

[@janeburke147]

Haha 👍🏻yo vill eat the bugs & ve happy.I don’t think he’ll be around for long if we’re lucky 😂

[@marantoinet3757]

Had to laugh 😄 because I thought the same thing with Charles Schwab, got to get used to eating the bugs. 😂 I threw couple bags away few weeks ago, and afraid to open the others also.😄 I freeze some, sieve some and store it in a container with bay leaves. I think with all the foods sitting on the ships out sea in hot containers probably cause some of these weevil/bugs. I never used to see them over the years and the dates on them are like next year before they expired so now I start watching what I buy. Rice can be rinse easily that has bugs. Maybe that's why they made us watched Fear Factor, preparing us for the future bugs. 😄

[@ladylucas60]

Bay leaves 🍃 will combat them nasty weevils , on another note , try an apple in hard brown sugar to soften scoop-form .

[@LaraFabans]

Great timing on this. I went to bake and discovered all my flour in the pantry cabinet (thankfully NOT the prepper stuff) was totally infested and I had to clean out the whole cabinet. I'll get some bay leaves and diatomaceous earth.

[@Hilly922]

Put bay leaves in the flour. That will kill the bugs and then put them in sealed bags. It works great!! Then put those sealed bags in a sealed tight container and sprinkle some bay leaves in there and close tight. If vacuumed sealed last a good 3 to 5 years longer and not loose it's freshness.

[@debbywelchel3893]

Thank you so much love your channel

[@marylamm4254]

Good information, thank you!

[@leeannlanham14]

Bay leaves are so much easier to deal with

[@MelanatedHomesteadher]

Ouuuu needed 😂😂😂 they get on my nerves I found a few in rice as well

[@CynthiaRockroth]

Store your flour or any dry ingredients in a GLASS JAR WITH METAL LID. mice can't access glass neither can bugs. And bay leaf on bottom and top of jar work well for bugs.

[@lesliemorgan8504]

South Louisiana is crazy with bugs. I need to look up on how to get rid of. flour bugs.

[@marantoinet3757]

Many of us will starve because the thought of eating bugs won't resonate with us. 😄 We rather throw it away than eat it. 😄 But come famine and starvation and it's the last bag of flour sitting on the shelf in storage, of course we'll have to eat it or starve to death. The acid in our stomachs will dissolve the bugs.

[@veronicacousins8161]

I use beal leaf for evrything, special plastic buckets for years and never have problems with bugs.🤗

[@HoneyHollowHomestead]

I love the Tidy Cat buckets! Unfortunately, I don't have an inside cat anymore and I don't know anyone who does.

[@melodyclark4347]

Check with your local animal shelter. Offer to pay a couple bucks each.

[@juliecylkowski7281]

Love your tips! Thank you for sharing how you do things. I am always learning something new.

[@dianedeck]

If your ever have a pipe burst or if there is even a small chance of flooding where your food stores are you will be wishing you had the sugar and other things that get wet. Sorry but If Im going to take the time and money to accumulate the food Im definately going to protect it.

[@debraigo2711]

Grain weevils aren't as nasty as a lot of other bugs, they only feed on grains. In a major emergency, you bet I'm m gonna save everything I can.

[@liazan671]

Thank you.. you give such great advice. Thank you, you're the best.

[@kristinhungerford3399]

I live in Georgia and store my flour with bay leaves and sugar in air tight containers in my basement . . . Nothing special. I've never had an issue with bugs. 🤷‍♀️

[@kimsrurallife8775]

I freeze my flour for few days then keep in sealed containers. Have bay leaves all over cabinets to keep out bugs.

[@kathylouise1936]

I keeping in airtight containers. Bay leaves on the shelves and over packaging. Works great.

[@ericluna2934]

You'll know if diatomaceous earth is food grade if it is harvested from fresh water you don't want to use salt water diatomaceous earth. It's pronounced DiatoMAceous earth, with a M in the middle 😊.

[@apronann8395]

Oh my gosh, I just had this but in my wheat kernels:()

[@TheGlazier]

Once I froze my flour for 3 frikin months and still got bugs that summer

[@godsblade300S]

👍😜patriotnurse recommends 72hrs in freezer as simplist ,& effective process. Yes she is a nurse,& probably knows more about medicine than the average GP doctor😁🙏Take care ,& God Bless us all🇺🇸🎚

[@PEoplearepeople]

Will freezings of flour put condensation in the bag and cause mold later?

[@christinewilson7785]

Never had a problem with condensation in the flour or bags, also not a problem with mold. I've been freezing my flour for 50 years never had any problems.

[@walker2261]

Allow it to go back to room temperature before storing.

[@lindawoody8501]

No, we all don't want to end up like some of sea-faring ancestors did with "Extra protein" in the flour and resulting biscuits (even if not ship's biscuits!). Thanks for the tip.

[@lisaleone5128]

I once had the unfortunate experience of having a different kind of pest- the dreaded indian pantry moth. I ended up throwing a lot of things away. The procedure for getting rid of those is similar. We took all the pantry shelves apart, scrubbed down those and the walls. All the cans and bottle lids had to be wiped down as well.

[@3catmom]

I freeze for 3-4 days leave it out for one day then I take a lunch bag measure out 2cups of flour add a bay leaf fold loosely over put in a vacuum bag and vacuum seal Mark date sealed also I add what the best buy date is Mark as all purpose or self rising. I can use flour years from now. I do grits, oatmeal, sugar. I live in the South, humid, hot, and buggy. I put them into a plastic container. Safe

[@wandaduckworth1357]

Use bay leaves !Easiest an fastest way ! dont have to freeze it! And it does not alter the taste of any foods ! You can use it in all dry goods ! i do not put it in my sugar

[@teatimeontablemountain9205]

Can one keep flour in the refrigerator?

[@AC-sn5io]

I opened my rice buckets and out flew bugs, I did not know about freezing it so now I do.

[@heatherbrodian6129]

I use DE,I have almost a 26 pound bag.

[@jenniferespinoza3512]

2 Questions?? 1. What if you already have weevils? 2. Will a mylar bag&O² absorber kill both the eggs and bugs?

[@laurabyas410]

Did you find out the answer to your question about the mylar bags killing the weevils eggs?

[@marykahn5384]

Make sure you use Food grade Diatomaceous earth

[@teatimeontablemountain9205]

Where can one find that foodgrade dio ... stuff, please?

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Hi do you have a video on homeschooling? How would I get started? Could you do a video on here if there isn't one yet? Thank you 🙏

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You should look up local homeschooling co-ops in your area. Finding other families already homeschooling. Other moms will love to fill you in on homeschooling and help you get started. Check out a few groups. Most communities have such groups.

[@azoreanprincesa8170]

@@janasjoy6352 okay thank you!

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THANKU GOD BLESS YOU GOOD ADVICE

[@alxplays2874]

Very informative. Ty

[@laurabrown5983]

make sure its food grade DE

[@janebush2478]

I don't have room in my freezer to put my flour in to kill eggs. Is there any other way to keep the eggs from hatching internally?

[@Sharon-vk4vh]

Make sure it's plant base one

[@lesliemorgan8504]

How many days do you freeze rice?

[@kimberlylholt]

The same as you would flour.

[@debraigo2711]

3-4 , take it out for about a week or so, the do that again, let it sit and be sure the package is dry

[@Sharon-vk4vh]

I mean food base kind. It's good for pets and people

[@lucydiazcolon734]

That's why grandma sifted it.🤣🤣

[@TheTuesday11]

If it really gets that bad (and it possible could) I think we’d be thankful for the extra protein in the bugs. Leave the bugs in the flour the baking will kill the bugs and bacteria and give us protein.

[@kathybridges3343]

Great video! Thank you 🙏🏻

[@tammy5590]

Tawra do you only use plain flour or do you use self rising also. I mainly use self rising because it already has leavening agents in it but was just wondering.

[@LivingOnADime]

Plain. Being twice price isn't worth paying to just add baking powder.

[@janetalvarez144]

I heat it in the oven 195° for hour

[@debsmitasarkar5759]

Mam I stay at a humid place and my food storage is affected by moisture. Can you share some vedio on this

[@cesiahsatterlee3093]

To those recommending bay leaves for preventing bugs in flour, can I store wheat berries with bay leaves without it affecting the taste?

[@Chris-by8eh]

wouldn't freezing it, cause moister when it thaws ?

[@annarenfroe2943]

What brand do you use. all.i can find is Harris brand

[@donnagrifford7142]

Thanks 4 sharing! Very valuable info! 👍💞

[@cydney3283]

I haven't seen this in my area

[@lesliemorgan8504]

Thanks for the update

[@kerrynwright]

Thanks Tawra! I learned some new tips & tricks as I always do from you in each vid! Thanks for your common sense approach to this too!🥰 Blessings from South Australia💕🐨

[@dalecook4928]

Where can Dietanaous Earth be purchased. My spelling may be off of the earth product. Thanks!

[@robinbaum6450]

Put bay leafs in flour.

[@lindamoses3697]

All wheat in the Holy Land has live weavils.

[@peggystutz8522]

Don't breathe the dust, it is very sharp.

[@janeburke147]

I don’t even own cats,I have dogs 🐩 but those cat litter bins look perfect 👍🏻 I’m so glad you don’t sugar coat things,it’s so refreshing.You & your Mam are so knowledgable 🙂Your flowers & garden Gnomes look beautiful 🇺🇸🇬🇧🌸

[@melodyclark4347]

Check with your local animal shelter. Offer to pay a buck or so.

[@janeburke147]

@@melodyclark4347 There isn’t one near me but I’m looking into it ,thanks Melody 🙂👍🏻🌸

[@ericluna2934]

Guys, they won't hurt ya! If there are bugs Sift them out and keep going, like grandma did!!

[@sassypants008]

Literally have had to do this many times... living in the south...you just have to deal with it.

[@jlara8223]

Is anybody else thinking that its already in all grains it seems it we are getting a bonus for every flour meal pasta oat grit rice we buy !

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Happy Birthday!

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I love your videos :D

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Great advice! 👍👍👍👍

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Great video! Happy birthday young lady.

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