Guess what I found?
#11
You store those types of things in buckets. You can find food grade buckets at restaurants, delis, bakeries, etc. Or you can buy the mylar bags & line the buckets with them. We've used the Homer buckets you get at Home Depot before. If you put your sack of flour or whatever down in your freezer for a day or two, it will kill whatever bugs or eggs happen to be there.
#16
Originally Posted by cosyquilter
I was at my local grocer's today, picking up Thanksgiving and saw: FLOUR IN REAL FLOUR SACKS! Sweet florals just like the ones my mom bought in the fifties! About $3 more than the paper sacks. If I had a place to store 25 lbs, I might have bought a bag. Maybe after Christmas I'll indulge, just for the memory.
#17
That's great but not practical in Florida. In the summer we are plagued with those teeny black bugs that get into anything like flour, cereal and crackers. Everything must be in a seal proof container. That's why Tupperware did so well here.
#18
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Location: Burlington, NC
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Originally Posted by cosyquilter
I was at my local grocer's today, picking up Thanksgiving and saw: FLOUR IN REAL FLOUR SACKS! Sweet florals just like the ones my mom bought in the fifties! About $3 more than the paper sacks. If I had a place to store 25 lbs, I might have bought a bag. Maybe after Christmas I'll indulge, just for the memory.
#19
Ladies,
I wish i could be so fortunate as to have found those sacks. THere are so many agencies that can use that flour. Find one and put that flour in a plastic container and keep the material.
My first sewing lesson was a shift made from a sack. Thanks for bring back such an awesome memory.
I love all you ladies.
Dianne R
I wish i could be so fortunate as to have found those sacks. THere are so many agencies that can use that flour. Find one and put that flour in a plastic container and keep the material.
My first sewing lesson was a shift made from a sack. Thanks for bring back such an awesome memory.
I love all you ladies.
Dianne R
#20
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Desert Southwest
Posts: 1,314
That's what I thought...local missions and homeless shelters would probably be happy to have any of the staples that come in sacks. Tink's Mom is spot on...keep some for yourself, enjoy the fabric and donate the rest. Everybody wins!