oh hell.

[rmd]

so, i hadn't been doing a lot of baking recently, but i settled down to start a loaf of bread this morning for my guests this evening, only to discover grain moth carcasses in both my bread flour and semolina containers. the main all-purpose flour seemed to be uninfested, but i tossed it anyways.

sigh.

i haven't seen any live ones out and about, but for all i know the cats are feasting on them.

and now, the cleaning jihad.

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Stick a couple bay leaves in each of the flour tubs. It wont change the taste or smell of the flour but it keeps out the bugs. We have been using this trick on the carnival for years. A handfull of bay leaves in the flour bins. When your working with 200 to 300 pounds of flour in a bin at a time you don't want to have to throw it out if you find bugs.

Just make sure to either sift the flour or make sure you take them out of the flour before using it.