Comments on: Around the house…

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:30:18 +0000

Mindy, I am doing the same thing, but I am keeping the flour in the freezer.

Lauren, I don’t think these are the kind of bugs you spray for – they hitch hike in on the pasta and flour etc. Unfortunately.

Jennifer, I can’t tell you how many times that has happened to me. I have been keeping my flour and masa in the freezer lately but I couldn’t believe my eyes when the penne was FULL of those black bugs. Bleah. Glad you have room to store stuff in the freezer, but I still can’t handle the idea that all those icky eggs are still in there :^{

By: jennifer

jennifer — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:01:13 +0000

Yesterday, I was having a serious thing for popovers. It took me an hour to decide that I was actually going to turn the oven up to 450 in the middle of the day, but I couldn’t get the popovers out of my head.

I turned on the oven, oiled the pan, started to mix the ingredients…and discovered my flour was full of thousands of tiny light orange bugs. Bleck. I keep my flour in a stainless steel container with a rubber seal. First time I have had a problem with my flour here.

Then I opened my backup flour, and it was full of bugs too. I think I will have to stop keeping a backup.

I don’t want to think about the reasons, but at least with my fabulous new refrigerator, I have room to store my flour in the freezer.

By: laurencancun

laurencancun — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:07:08 +0000

ohhh i hate teases!!! LOL!!

Bugs suck! All i can do is spray, spray, spray!!!

By: mindy

mindy — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:39:49 +0000

That totally makes sense about the bugs. i have been having a really hard time too. I will probably keep things in the fridge most of the time. We do buy really small quantities which helps.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:15:46 +0000

Jonna, I can’t think about it at all…they sell us food with eggs or whatever in it already??? I think I am going to make my own pasta instead of buying it if I can just find a source for semolina.

Zoe, Good luck with your house renting, you must be renting it out furnished? The first few times I ran into the bugs was in pasta and rice. It looks totally regular and then you pour it into the boiling water and all of a sudden there are black things everywhere. So I figured they got in because it wasn’t zip locked, but no, there they are no matter what. Bleah. I need to move where I keep the stuff, too, since it is right next to the dishwasher and that is probably warmer than other places.

By: Chrissy

Chrissy — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:11:37 +0000

I think Poncha and Lefty will get more territorial about their cage as they get older. Tango used to just let the wild bird fly into his cage and gorge as well. But now, if they even try to clean up after him on the ground, they get screamed at.

By: 1st Mate

1st Mate — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:05:40 +0000

I don’t seem to be getting bugs in my dry staples up here in Sonora, I wonder if it’s because your climate is more tropical. You get them even in your pasta?! I’ve heard before of the freezing idea, that might work for you.

Love the yellow buttons.

By: Zoe

Zoe — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:55:06 +0000

Even though I don’t know you well, it is fun to check in every few days to read your take on Mazatlan. I miss it..even THIS weather. Have almost finished de-personalizing our house for renters so we can head back mid-August. Weird about the bugs in stuff …haven’t run across that problem yet, but thanks.

By: Jonna

Jonna — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:49:38 +0000

It’s not something you want to think about too much but if you put all flour and pasta in the freezer for a day when you first bring it home, you’ll find a lot fewer bugs in it later. Freeze for a day and then zip lock baggie.