Originally Posted by
cathyvv
It is possible to get pneumonia from inhaling the flour in powder form. And I guess just about any bacteria can survive in the flour. Personally, I don't have a taste for dry flour.
It's not the dry flour that is the concern, but the raw/uncooked flour.
When "enjoying" cookie dough or cake batter, you are eating it raw,
and as
EasyPeezy mentioned if bacteria is there, you are ingesting it ...
... and could be risking your health!
Thus, no matter how good it may taste ... always better to wait until it is baked!