# Sifting Flour

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sifting-flour/980>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [July 11, 1999, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sifting-flour/980 "1999-07-11T14:02:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 1999, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sifting-flour/980/1 "1999-07-11T14:02:00Z")

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For reasons I cannot explain, it makes sense to me not to sift my flour whilst creating yet another prize batch of banana breads. I DO, however, use a wire whisk on all of the dry ingredients to insure an even dispersal of all things leavening.

Here, have a slice.  
🙂 Typer

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 1999, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sifting-flour/980/2 "1999-07-12T03:48:00Z")

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The Mailbag item upon which Typer is commenting may be found by clicking on:  
[http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/msift.html](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/msift.html)

As commented elsewhere, in this Forum, we’d like to ask the poster of a new topic to include the link to the Mailbag item being discussed. Thanks.  
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