Bulk Flour Storage

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What about 5 gallon buckets with lids? I don’t know if they are as

air tight as tupperwear style containers, but certainly much larger

and easier to store.

— In Budget101_@yahoogroups.com, “Annie De” wrote:

>

> The rise in bread prices has floored us recently. The cheapest we

can

> find is $2 a loaf, and that’s for the highly-proccessed, white

stuff

> that I can’t stand to put in my body. I know many swear by the

bread

> outlet stores but our local store is filled with overly stale

bread

> that falls apart the moment you try to do anything with it.

>

> So, being home all day, I decided to start baking our own bread.

I’d

> rather invest the time in making bread where I know what all of

the

> ingredients are. After much experimentation, I found a bread

recipe

> that we like and is easy to make.

>

> I want to buy flour in bulk from Costco (20 lb bags) to cut down

on

> costs. The question is, how can I store it so bugs can’t get into

it

> but not be intrusive? I don’t have a lot of storage or closets in

my

> house to hide a container and with 2 inqusitive kids, I have to

keep it

> secure. Any ideas?

>

> Anne

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