Storing Flour and Other Grains
February 28, 2007 by Stephanie Patag
Filed under Baking Supplies
The Baker’s Catalogue has quite a selection of flour and grain storage containers:
However, they are quite pricey, imagine having several of these at $10+ each!!
Mine are unbelievably cheap — $3.00 each at Big Lots. The lids are tight and I’ve been using them for years. [Additional Tip: They can also be used for dough-rising.] If you’re concerned about bugs and other things, keep your flour and grain containers in the freezer.
Or get gamma seal lids for use with pails instead — these are particularly helpful for those of us who keep whole grain to grind ourselves.
Here in the US, you can get them at USA Emergency Supply for $6.89 each. More info here from another vendor that carries them: Pleasant Hill. You can also get the buckets at your local Lowes.
And with spring coming soon, you might want to read up on what bugs to watch out for in your pantry/cupboard:
From the Agriculture Department at North Dakota State University
I should really appreciate help in finding a supplier of wheat grain (berries) suitable for home milling and bread making here in S West France (Pau).
Should I keep walking around looking for sprouts to appear in fields; keep contacting the Bio (AMAP) producers who don’t reply?
How did you do it?
All best
Jack