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I guess sifting the flour in the future may become a must. We can't afford to throw anything away with the food shortages. There might not be any more to buy from the store.
I did last year to get rid of the bugs, it literally grossed me out ...but I won't now that I know they won't hurt anything! So glad this video popped up so I now know what was going on. Lol
100 years ago bugs in their grains were just reality and that's why they sifted flour to keep them out of their baked goods. I wish I could afford those metal trash cans. They cost too much for my budget. I love how your pantry is set up.
Galvanized cans will for sure keep rats and mice out of your stored goods. They do have a very tight lid (on quality made cans), but not air tight so humidity levels in your pantry area must be kept as low as you can. Don't have the freezer space to freeze 50 pounds of anything, or space to store 50 pounds of flour, so we use a vacuum food sealer, placing 2-1/2 pounds of flour into brown paper lunch bags, fold over and tape, then into vac bags for a hard vac pack. If doing 5 pounds at a time, just leave in the factory bag. The hard vac kills any critters hiding in the flour.
For the smaller boxes (mac n cheese, potato mixes, etc) I put them in zip lock bags and give it a good puff of food grade diatomaceous earth. Squeeze as much air out as possible and it's good to go. I also puff DE onto my pantry shelves (ours are wood) We haven't had a problem with mealybugs since I started this.
Thank you! How do you get the DE out of the food afterwards? What other stored foods can you use this with? Will it work on pantry moths?! Also, how do you do a “puff” please?
I've been using DE as well. They have a puffer gadgets that help to put DE out. Mine is plastic. DE don't hurt you if you eat it so don't have to worry able getting it in food. I put a bit in plastic bottle (2 later pop bottles) of rice even. I use on everything even worming animals, etc.
@@beatricealcaraz5799 you can get it at tractor supply store and various places. Make sure you get FOOD GRADE DE. They make a kind for swimming pools that is toxic. You don't want that.
I've never been through this...until last year!!! Totally grossed me out 🤢 Tossed everything in my pantry because we couldn't figure out where they came from.
I wanted to thank you for this, I actually have done everything you said to do to keep weevils out of my dry goods. I have rice stored in 5 gallon food grade buckets after I froze it for a week and then in the bucket with the rice and the very bottom I put five leaves halfway filled up I put another five leaves and then when I finish filling it up I put five more bay leaves on top and then seal up the bucket. I don't use mylar bags and oxygen absorbers. Mainly because I can't afford them LOL. And I was a little worried about my storage method not being good enough to keep bugs out of my food. But I actually threw the bags of goods in the freezer for a week one of them was in there for 3 weeks and then I used bay leaves inside with the product. So this really relieved my mind about my storage method I was worried LOL.
You're doing great! In addition to the bay leaves you can throw some salt on each layer too. For rice, it's fine since you're washing the rice before you cook it.
I heard that bugs are in all food. She says freeze the food with bugs. Is she saying to freeze the food after the bugs hatch, then it's ok to eat the bugs?
@@HOMEGROWNthang I heard that bugs are in all food. She says freeze the food with bugs. Is she saying to freeze the food after the bugs hatch, then it's ok to eat the bugs?
I’ve never had an issue with bugs in my flour etc before but I’ve heard nightmare stories of them. You videos are amazing! This was very informative and enjoyable. Thanks!
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Yep. Just soap and water wash the galvanized interiors to get rid of oils, wipe with vinegar, let dry, and brush on a coat of shellac and just dump your product in. Foam weatherstrip around the top and/or clear packaging tape to seal the top can make that years worth of storage in a cool, dry place. Eating shellac is not desirable but it’s not toxic.
Thanks 🙏 your tip about the freezer. I sift my flour and microwave it for a few seconds and cool it off before I store it so I haven’t had bugs in years since a friend shared this tip. I do it with mealie meal too. Hope this helps. Love from South Africa 🇿🇦
Thanks for the great info, I'd already heard of the freezer method and I've been using for a few years. It definitely seems to work. I freeze pretty much everything, rice, flour, pasta and I have not found any critters since I started doing it. Great thumbnail pic, I was laughing at the seemingly printed bugs on your bag..... may as well have been labelled Bug Feed! Thanks again for the tips and tricks!
Where I live it is very humid I think if I put it in the freezer and take it out it will get a lot of condensation. I will probably vacuum seal it in smaller quantities then put it in the freezer because the paper packaging is too absorbent. This way I know the moisture can’t mold my flour. Just for some people who may live in more humid places
Thank you on dumping everything I can into something and toss the boxes. Good plan I so don't want money tossed out or food bring it's down to limits now in Oregon. There already stopping some orders on line so this is going to challenge us all.
That is good information! We store our flour, pasta, rice etc in six gallon buckets with tight fitting lids, but I didn’t know about the freezer technique!
Thank You , I do the same and the lids don't come off, someone told me I needed mylar bags and oxygen absorbers, but I know they didn't have that during the Depression
EXACTLY! ..Sometimes I think people freak out and over think alot of things. For example keeping our kids in a bubble and from getting dirty. Thats why we cant fight disease on our own anymore. As far as the flour bugs go.....we can educate ourselves and try to prevent them. Sometimes they will still get in. At that point,...dont throw it out. Do like our ancestors and sift them out..it wont kill us! 🥰
Bay leaves work. For rice storage throw in salt plus bay leaves. Store sugar in mason jars. Rice in food grade buckets with bay leaves and salt. Pasta store in food grade containers with bay leaves. Flour store in original container use food sealer and seal bag in plastic, get all air out.
Thank you so much for this video!!! Yes they still sell those galvanized buckets with lids- I saw them on sale for $21 in Michigan a few months ago but today’s regular price (online) is $27.99 for the 10-gal bucket. According to the Food & Wine Magazine, 50 pounds of flour should fit perfectly in a 13-gallon bucket…. So a 10-gallon is perfect for storing bulk & then you’ll have extra for your day-to-day needs in your kitchen! Thank you again for this video! (I’ll have to search for a tour of your kitchen 😆 ♥️)
Haha,..😂🥰 as we go maybe Ill be more comfortable showing more vids of it. Im on Instagram too and there are many older picks and posts of it.💗 Glad it helped!
If you don't seal the ends of the lid handle it's not air tight the ones from Tractor Supply are famous for leaks at the handles if you don't believe that run water on the lid it leaks I stored poultry feed out doors when it rains water sleeps in 💯 I didn't check the side handles but there probably air leaks there also
My home got infested with those after we brought my FIL here from a skilled nursing facility. That and roaches! It was awful! I noticed the roaches right away and got rid of them. I did not notice those mealy bugs until they were in most of my food. Had to throw everything out and clean. But even that didn't eliminate them. Tried the bay leaves, that didn't work! I just had to use bug spray and clean every week, all cabinets that had food, or every time I saw a bug. Numbers are way down now. This has been going on almost a year. I've bought plastic containers and put flour, pasta, and rice in them. Flour goes in the freezer asap!
When my daughter got them from some flour, I went and bought some "lures" that smelled to them like a mating scent and it sure pulled them in! Got rid of them pretty darned fast and no poisons, only a sticky attractant.
@@EKA201-j7f cool. I'll have to check those out. Thank you! Been dealing with this way too long! At least is it only one or two now, but that just means they are still around!
Recommend using 5 gal food grade buckets with lids. No need for plastic bag (not food grade). Calculate how much flour you need per year. Making 1 loaf of bread per week is about 150lbs!!
Wow! you would be a cool neighbor to have! Thanks for the Meely bugs tips. Freezing makes a lot of sense. it kills much bacteria too! Wonder how hard it would be to make a little vacuum pump to vacuum out as much air as possible and then flood the container with nitrogen.
These bugs have been stressing me for a while now, and have been sifting my flour, pretending not to notice that the eggs end up in my food, thank you.
I'm trying the Freezer method for Rice. but i just could have put the Rice in Mylar bags with Oxygen Absorbers. The Rice method is kind of a pain; you have to let the rice dry before storing. Im going to try spreading the Rice on a Towel and run a fan over the Rice to make sure its dried.
I use 22lb bags as I am by myself. I have recently repackaged them. I kept my flour in food grade buckets in original bags. I don't have a freezer, so I waited several months and took out the bags and found there was no evidence of infestation. I measured by cups into brown paper lunch sacks. Then I vacuum sealed the sacks inside foodsaver bags. I then placed these back in food grade buckets. I expect no growth within the oxygen free enviroment and will monitor for outside contamination. I am open to other suggestions.
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I had a terrible infestation last summer. I’m not sure where them came in but they were swarming in a tub of Italian bread crumbs and in many spices. I threw everything not in a can or jar away. I went on a hard deep clean for over a week. It was horrible. I think I may do this again and probably every six months. Crazy bugs in South Florida.
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In properly sealed containers adding CO2 either as a gas or as dry ice to at least 10% kills all bugs. CO2 is not a toxin, its what all carbohydrates and all breathable oxygen are made from via photosynthesis.
PREPPERS !! Never had "millie" bugs because I store 50 lb of rice, flour, pasta etc in a closed dry container (5 gal buckets lined w/ clean trash bag) OR what ever sized container) with alternating layers of bay leaves in a cool dry place.. SAVE YOUR FREEZER SPACE.
If the eggs are already in the product before you store it, then they will hatch and breed in your bucket. Had that happen in a closed jar of rice once. If you use mylar bags and oxy absorbers, bugs cannot live without oxygen.
I put all my flour, nuts, grains in plastic bins outside all winter long, in April I re-packaged the flour in 10lbs paper bags with bays leaves, fold it tightly to get out the air, tape the bags with painter's tape, then I put it in a clear plastic bag to prevent it from getting wet. seal the plastic bags with clear moving tape. Label, write expiration date and store in a well sealed plastic tote. I have been doing for many years. Never had bugs. Just my idea.
The original sturdy paper bag with the flour in it could be stored in the black trash bag, so that the flour is not actually touching the trash bag. Also, it would a good idea if all packages from the supermarket are wiped down with mild disinfectant before storing in the freezer. Since the lockdowns, we’ve bought an extra freezer and store most of our perishable goods in one, and meat and frozen veggies in the other. I do tend to forget to take out some flour for bread beforehand.
@@jaymac7907 Yes, you can. I store all my flour, rice, lentils, beans, spices, sugar and take out just what I need to use for the day. If I'm going to bake bread or make cake, I'd measure out the required amount and leave the flour and sugar to come to room temperature before using. We live in a subtropical region of New Zealand, and get pesky moths getting into everything, so have been doing this for a while. It definitely helps with food wastage.
What you said I did but bugs comes bay leaves does work I put cloves and didn't work, only is put little oil and mix it that works on the grain and rice for the flour keep it in the freezer or in the fridge if you have space
I would SOOO love to learn how other countries do things like this! I have heard in European countries they dont refrigerate 80 percent of the things that we do.!
Your friend forgot or did not know the rules. Israelis put big fat nails into all the jars... even in the coffee-powder-jars and salt-jars. See my other comment here... further up or down...
@@HOMEGROWNthang yes... we do not refrigerate everything. Many european farmers use NATURAL-pantries/refrigirators for oil, butter, cheese and most veggies. Natural-refrigirators are small rooms in the lowest part of the house, below the basement... the floor/ground is of earth and stones/gravel, the shelves are lumber and/or stone-slabs. The temperature is low/cool... natural...
@@florencestaheli7459 Thank you so much for this info. I live among the Amish. There is a community of thousands of them and we live right dab in the middle. Ive always loved how they do things. It has made me question why we got where we are today. I hate that I was raised in a way of thinking that we need to "waste" electricity to cool things that arent needed. Not to mention the sterile ways we cook, clean, and live. Humans cant fight bacteria and disease anymore because of it. It would be neat to find a book of other countries ways. There was a post the other day of a person who couldnt believe that we even got food in 50lb bags. Thanks again for your info 💗
Awesome video thanks for sharing. I used to buy flour & corn meal in very small bags. Cause I never used a lot of it. This was 30 plus years ago. One day I found bugs in my flour. I threw it out and I stopped buying it. To this day I never bought anymore. I buy Jiffy mix for corn bread now & then and use it right away. Can those bugs go through Glass or Metal Container's? Thank you. Stay well & safe.
Usually The bugs are already in the flour bags when you buy them. Flour moths too can get into the flour and lay eggs. When I buy flour I put it into a plastic bag in the freezer for 2 or 3 days , then I remove it from the freezer, take it out of the plastic bag and thaw it out then I put it back into the plastic bag and place it back into the freezer for a further 2 or 3 days to kill any eggs that have hatched .
I’ve already listen to half of the video and there’s not much did you said I have to wait for the whole half of the video for you to say something that can help me out.
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yeah , i would not keep glass jars for anything ; if and when they break, they will just turn into a big mess with very sharp edges that can potentially cut you ; why put you and your family at such risk ???? stick with plastic containers , they wont shatter like glass should they break ; if food did not come in them then use those for storage of non-food items ; ONLY use the ones that came with food in them to store your food items i buy bulk items too ( 25 to 50 lb bags of sugar , salt , flour , oats , etc ) ; but i only use food grade containers ; anything not specifically made to store food in it will just contaminate what ever food you store in it ; they do make up to 55 gallon food grade containers ; yes they will be expensive ; BUT what price do you put on the health and safety of your family ???
My mom always used bay leaves in her floor! She didn’t have bugs, but then when we made cakes and cookies they always had a little taste of bay leaves, to this day I can’t stand them. If I used the tea bag method will the f floor still smell like the bay leaves?
I hate them So much 😢 like three weeks ago i finally Went through all my kitchen And pantry And threw Away 90% of the stuff i had, everything that was open or had thin packaging, ive let the bug infestation go on for a while cuz i was depressed but Now i really cleaned it perfectly, sprayed it with insecticide, then with food moth natural spray And wiped everything, bought new flour pasta etc And transferred it into airtight containers , And Still i keep finding these little Black bugs in my kitchen! Sometimes dead sometimes they Still crawl around my countertop. It makes me seriosly anxious 😢
I often buy flour in autumn for the year. I put the packaged product in a 5 gallon heavy plastic pail. I leave them for a few months in an outdoor shed, where it gets to minus 40 for a few weeks. I have a question, do you ever worry about condensation (from freezing) and what do you do about it?
@@sbubb9155 Ive seen where people store it in jugs, old mayo jars, and other interesting things. You will have to make a safe decision based on your budget, situation, ect.. You will have many naysayers to non food grade plastics, bottles and such. I have read because it isnt food grade AND because you cant propoerly sterilize the container prior to using it. Ive even read not to get your buckets from the bakery because it might have chemicals from where they used it to mop the floors. 🙄🙄Whatever ..Most people have common sense. I get my FOOD GRADE BUCKETS from the lady at the counter who washes it while Im there and it has a hint of icing smell when I get home. I just run it through an good hot water bath and its ready! I get them for free so I dont have to pay for expensive food grade buckets online. So if you dont see where it came from dont use it for food if it makes you uncomfortable. ANYWAY,...I have stored it in clean dried old water jugs, mason jars, ect...but this isnt for long term. That was only until I got it to my bucket with a lid. Preppers suggest a food grade bucket, oxygen absorbers, and mylar. I hope this helps
How doesn’t the bag get wet from the moisture of the freezer? Can you separate the flour into vacuum sealed bags then freeze them instead? I also read if you put bay leaves into the vacuum sealed flour, rice, sugar & beans that not only helps with leftover oxygen but bugs as well is that true??
Ok I am messed up bad I had been watchin a lot of videos and got led to buy up 400 lbs rice 300 lbs beans a ton of flour and pasta and as per instructions I put them in milar bags and used oxygen absorbers but none of them mentioned Beans I mean I have tons of stuf stored in malar bags with oxygen, But now I am hearing about freezing, and they are saying it has to be done before I put in myalar bags am I screwed?// to I have to freeze and repackage?? new milar new oxygen bags everything ???took me 2 weeks to do everything already
No way.....this is just a preventative. An extra step if you will. If you happen to open later and flour has bugs..which it prob wont...just run it thru sifter. It will not hurt you. Thanks for watching 💗
I think that back in the day the did. However, this would only work with a small bag. I use 50lb bags , and after they get to room temp, I put them in sealed tote or bucket.
Doses that bug or bugs live in all state or just where the food is made? Can they be pressed between the fild and bags before they get to my house and tummy? Ugggg
once you take your flour out of the freezer, what do you do to keep condensation from getting into the stored containers. How do you know it is completely dry first. thank you
Honestly, I just sit it out, then put it in storage or my galvanized "pantry can" whenever I get a chance. Which usually isnt right away. I guess I really havent thought about that much, but havent had an issue with it either 🥰
