Flour Storage Part 2
The oldest flour I could find packed in Mylar bags with a oxygen absorber were from March 6, 2011 so they are only 10 months old. I opened one up yesterday and there was no odor what so ever and I baked 2 beautiful loaves of bread. I will keep experimenting opening one of these bags each month or so to see how long it last before it goes rancid. Using the food saver bags were a bust. At least for flour stored 3 years in them. Now I am wondering about other food I have in them.
I love the Mylar type bags I get from the LDS. They are 7 mils thick. If you are really into saving, they can be washed, dried and reused. I wash mine in the dishwasher and then place them over a mason jar on the counter to dry. They are that strong. I cut them in half for smaller size items I need to store.
I use a iron on a high setting to seal them. You don't need a fancy machine.
One of my goals this year is to dehydrate a lot of items. I'll be putting a few things in jars but a majority will go into the Mylar bags. Dehydrating takes up way less room and are as light as a feather.
Drying is definitely the best when you can.
ReplyDeleteWe use mylar too and I use my straight iron (hair), while the bag sits up I just zip the hot straight across the top back and forth. It's good to read your posts on this, it gives me confidence that what we done is all good.
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GS... I think drying will work well especially since I am running out of shelf room for the jars. The things I have dried were put into the large Rubbermaid tubs. The good things about the tubs is they can be stacked.
ReplyDeleteSassy... I have wondered if a hair straightener iron would work. Thanks for that info. The next time I am in town I will run by the local goodwill and see if they have one. If not I guess I will break down and go to China Mart (Walmart)
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