Author Topic: Yuck!!!  (Read 10378 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline John Florida

  • Conservative Superhero
  • *****
  • Posts: 10059
  • IT'S MY FONT AND I'LL USE IT IF I WANT TO!!
Yuck!!!
« on: October 14, 2017, 12:32:55 PM »
  Yesterday I decided to make home made Chiabatta bread.  The recipe call for one cup whole wheat flower so off I went to get the sealed jar I keep it in and when I got it to the kitchen all I could see was BUGGS all over the top of it. WTF happened in all my years I have never seen that before.    Did I do something wrong?
All men are created equal"
 Filippo Mazzie

Online Pandora

  • Administrator
  • Conservative Superhero
  • *****
  • Posts: 19529
  • I iz also makin a list. U on it pal.
Re: Yuck!!!
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2017, 12:43:56 PM »
Wheat, rice, and flour often have little teeny bug eggs in 'em; can't really be helped.  This is why, when you bring home these items, you stick 'em in the freezer for 3-4-5 days; it kills any nits.

Then, take whatever it is out of the freezer and put it on the counter to defrost and dry out.  Just keep rotating the bag until it doesn't feel cool anymore.  After that, you can section it up and store it.

This is what we do anyway and haven't yet had bug problems.

Recently came home with a 25-lb bag of Jasmine rice and Gunsmith had doubts I could fit it in the freezer.  I love a good challenge.   ::evilbat::
"Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer." - Mark Twain

"Let us assume for the moment everything you say about me is true. That just makes your problem bigger, doesn't it?"

Offline John Florida

  • Conservative Superhero
  • *****
  • Posts: 10059
  • IT'S MY FONT AND I'LL USE IT IF I WANT TO!!
Re: Yuck!!!
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2017, 01:14:27 PM »
Wheat, rice, and flour often have little teeny bug eggs in 'em; can't really be helped.  This is why, when you bring home these items, you stick 'em in the freezer for 3-4-5 days; it kills any nits.

Then, take whatever it is out of the freezer and put it on the counter to defrost and dry out.  Just keep rotating the bag until it doesn't feel cool anymore.  After that, you can section it up and store it.

This is what we do anyway and haven't yet had bug problems.

Recently came home with a 25-lb bag of Jasmine rice and Gunsmith had doubts I could fit it in the freezer.  I love a good challenge.   ::evilbat::

 Knowing you you were going to freeze it all or die trying.
All men are created equal"
 Filippo Mazzie

Online Pandora

  • Administrator
  • Conservative Superhero
  • *****
  • Posts: 19529
  • I iz also makin a list. U on it pal.
Re: Yuck!!!
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2017, 01:46:39 PM »
No dying involved; I just moved one thing and slid it in there.

So, you got the drill about the freezing now?
"Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer." - Mark Twain

"Let us assume for the moment everything you say about me is true. That just makes your problem bigger, doesn't it?"

Offline John Florida

  • Conservative Superhero
  • *****
  • Posts: 10059
  • IT'S MY FONT AND I'LL USE IT IF I WANT TO!!
Re: Yuck!!!
« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2017, 02:41:39 PM »
  Got it.  the Mrs. will be out of work on Monday and she wants to dismantle the pantry and clean every nook and cranny herself she doesn't trust me to do it right,  as if!!   ::gaah::
All men are created equal"
 Filippo Mazzie

Offline AlanS

  • Conservative Superhero
  • *****
  • Posts: 7908
  • Proud Infidel
Re: Yuck!!!
« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2017, 08:19:32 PM »
  Got it.  the Mrs. will be out of work on Monday and she wants to dismantle the pantry and clean every nook and cranny herself she doesn't trust me to do it right,  as if!!   ::gaah::

My wife usually tells me to get out of the way. And I'm happy to comply.
"Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem."

Thomas Jefferson

Offline John Florida

  • Conservative Superhero
  • *****
  • Posts: 10059
  • IT'S MY FONT AND I'LL USE IT IF I WANT TO!!
Re: Yuck!!!
« Reply #6 on: October 14, 2017, 08:22:45 PM »
  Got it.  the Mrs. will be out of work on Monday and she wants to dismantle the pantry and clean every nook and cranny herself she doesn't trust me to do it right,  as if!!   ::gaah::

My wife usually tells me to get out of the way. And I'm happy to comply.

 I still like to put up a little struggle makes it look good.
All men are created equal"
 Filippo Mazzie

Offline AlanS

  • Conservative Superhero
  • *****
  • Posts: 7908
  • Proud Infidel
Re: Yuck!!!
« Reply #7 on: October 15, 2017, 08:36:23 AM »
  Got it.  the Mrs. will be out of work on Monday and she wants to dismantle the pantry and clean every nook and cranny herself she doesn't trust me to do it right,  as if!!   ::gaah::

My wife usually tells me to get out of the way. And I'm happy to comply.

 I still like to put up a little struggle makes it look good.

If I put up a little struggle, I end up with bruises.
"Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem."

Thomas Jefferson

Offline John Florida

  • Conservative Superhero
  • *****
  • Posts: 10059
  • IT'S MY FONT AND I'LL USE IT IF I WANT TO!!
Re: Yuck!!!
« Reply #8 on: October 15, 2017, 09:07:22 AM »
  Got it.  the Mrs. will be out of work on Monday and she wants to dismantle the pantry and clean every nook and cranny herself she doesn't trust me to do it right,  as if!!   ::gaah::

My wife usually tells me to get out of the way. And I'm happy to comply.

 I still like to put up a little struggle makes it look good.

If I put up a little struggle, I end up with bruises.

  Use the Cell phone from the driveway.  Chicken sh*t!!!   ::hysterical::
All men are created equal"
 Filippo Mazzie

Online ToddF

  • Conservative Superhero
  • *****
  • Posts: 5812
Re: Yuck!!!
« Reply #9 on: October 15, 2017, 06:59:33 PM »
The rice we buy at Costco is vacuum sealed.  I would assume that is good for killing bugs, also.

Offline John Florida

  • Conservative Superhero
  • *****
  • Posts: 10059
  • IT'S MY FONT AND I'LL USE IT IF I WANT TO!!
Re: Yuck!!!
« Reply #10 on: October 15, 2017, 07:23:03 PM »
The rice we buy at Costco is vacuum sealed.  I would assume that is good for killing bugs, also.

 I would have to agree. 
All men are created equal"
 Filippo Mazzie

Offline IronDioPriest

  • Administrator
  • Conservative Superhero
  • *****
  • Posts: 10828
  • I refuse to accept my civil servants as my rulers
Re: Yuck!!!
« Reply #11 on: October 15, 2017, 09:09:51 PM »
  Got it.  the Mrs. will be out of work on Monday and she wants to dismantle the pantry and clean every nook and cranny herself she doesn't trust me to do it right,  as if!!   ::gaah::

My wife usually tells me to get out of the way. And I'm happy to comply.

Just do something wrong on purpose if you want out of it in perpetuity. Shrink a favorite sweater... discolor some upholstery... burn a shirt with an iron...
 ::exitstageleft::
"A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high duties of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law, would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property and all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means."

- Thomas Jefferson

Offline AlanS

  • Conservative Superhero
  • *****
  • Posts: 7908
  • Proud Infidel
Re: Yuck!!!
« Reply #12 on: October 15, 2017, 09:54:20 PM »
Just do something wrong on purpose if you want out of it in perpetuity.

Doesn't take any effort on my part.

I was 33 when I got married. It's a miracle I lived that long because everything I do is wrong.
"Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem."

Thomas Jefferson

Offline Libertas

  • Conservative Superhero
  • *****
  • Posts: 63641
  • Alea iacta est! Libertatem aut mori!
Re: Yuck!!!
« Reply #13 on: October 16, 2017, 07:01:02 AM »
It's threads like this that I live for!   ;D   ::thumbsup::
We are now where The Founders were when they faced despotism.

Offline John Florida

  • Conservative Superhero
  • *****
  • Posts: 10059
  • IT'S MY FONT AND I'LL USE IT IF I WANT TO!!
Re: Yuck!!!
« Reply #14 on: October 16, 2017, 10:51:04 AM »
 Found the nest as it were:  They we inside a zip lock bag with whole grain Cheerios in it.  The bag was shut tight but I blew air into it and closed it again and gave it a squeeze and found two perfectly round hole in it.   I don't know if they did it or the bag was defective
 Either way We have the creepy crawlies and this is getting scrubbed and sprayed and allowed to dry before anything goes back in it.


   YUCK!!
All men are created equal"
 Filippo Mazzie

Online Pandora

  • Administrator
  • Conservative Superhero
  • *****
  • Posts: 19529
  • I iz also makin a list. U on it pal.
Re: Yuck!!!
« Reply #15 on: October 16, 2017, 11:17:51 AM »
So then, how do you think the bugs got inside the sealed container of flour?
"Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer." - Mark Twain

"Let us assume for the moment everything you say about me is true. That just makes your problem bigger, doesn't it?"

Offline Libertas

  • Conservative Superhero
  • *****
  • Posts: 63641
  • Alea iacta est! Libertatem aut mori!
Re: Yuck!!!
« Reply #16 on: October 16, 2017, 11:27:13 AM »
Obviously they have transporter technology...

 ::hysterical::
We are now where The Founders were when they faced despotism.

Offline John Florida

  • Conservative Superhero
  • *****
  • Posts: 10059
  • IT'S MY FONT AND I'LL USE IT IF I WANT TO!!
Re: Yuck!!!
« Reply #17 on: October 16, 2017, 01:07:39 PM »
So then, how do you think the bugs got inside the sealed container of flour?

  I don't know but the cereal was way more loaded with bugs than the flour. When we get done cleaning because were doing it shelf by shelf started at the top and working our way down.

 Now were at the bottom two shelves and were going left to right taking their real estate away as we go. When were done I plan on filling the flour container with water and put it upside down to see if it leaks then I'll know.
All men are created equal"
 Filippo Mazzie

Online Pandora

  • Administrator
  • Conservative Superhero
  • *****
  • Posts: 19529
  • I iz also makin a list. U on it pal.
Re: Yuck!!!
« Reply #18 on: October 16, 2017, 03:09:18 PM »
Aha!  There ya go.
"Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer." - Mark Twain

"Let us assume for the moment everything you say about me is true. That just makes your problem bigger, doesn't it?"

Offline John Florida

  • Conservative Superhero
  • *****
  • Posts: 10059
  • IT'S MY FONT AND I'LL USE IT IF I WANT TO!!
Re: Yuck!!!
« Reply #19 on: October 16, 2017, 05:19:29 PM »
Aha!  There ya go.

  It leaked!! SOB!!  I'm still chasing them around now. there must be some stragglers  around .
All men are created equal"
 Filippo Mazzie