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.

Wow, I would LOVE to find those bags too!

What store did you see them in?

think bean bags for kids games. That would take up some beans. Also daycares use them for many things.

Hmmm...I wonder if I could donate some rice and beans to a food pantry? I get some and the sack and they get some... ;-)

My 1st MIL stored flour and sugar in barrels!!! This is the first time I've believed she had a good idea!! LOL Wow -- I hope to find some!

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.

what do they look like, the sacks? WE cleaned out the OLD family home last weekend and I found two, what looked like pillow casesbut were sewen on the wrong side. Looked like sheets with the finished edge and border and then scattered flowers thoughout the rest of the material. We also found 4 dresses from the 30-40's in great condition. I washed them and one ended up with a couple of holes in them. One still had the tag on it it. The waist was soooooo tiny. I also found a quilt top that was in the great, great grandmothers trunk, only one piece had holes and wll need tobe replaced. All hand sewen and very scrappy. I will have to take a picture and post it one day.

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

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!