Anyone hungry for a PBJ? Keep at it this week. Peanut butter, check, Jelly, check ?, bread???? Hit Reply All and let us know how you are tackling your bread needs. At our house, Mark needs gluten free, so we have to do things a little differently to accomodate that. Luckily, we have found some products that not only meet the need, but that we both like the taste, so life is good.
I need to say a word about flour storage. If you have not already read it, be sure to read the section on storage containers in providentliving.org. And basically, don't store your flour in a metal container. It picks up the taste. I love the #10 can storage. It works great for all the rice we have to have, but it is lousy for flour. The flour picks up a metallic taste, and I have had to throw out a bunch of flour. My daughter tells me she has found out a way to rehabilitate flour that has been in metal containers, but it sounds rather labor intensive. Better to pick a different storage method at the beginning, I'm thinking.
Also, remember, generally speaking, you are only looking at storing enough flour for 3 months, not long term storage. Flour does not have a long shelf life. (For long term storage you would have wheat and some kind of grinder - but that's a subject for another group and time.) With flour you do have to make sure that you can store it in a way that will keep it weevil free, and that may or may not be the original packaging it come in. Most of us don't want "protein" in our flour;-).
And, as always, as you get your flour, be sure to put stickers on the storage containers as to date of expiration, and be sure to rotate it properly.
Have fun with your storage! You are doing a great work!!
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