Quoth WhyNot:
How many vegans are there in rural India, though? Most Indian food has plenty of dairy in it. I had always understood veganism to be a purely first-world lifestyle choice, where folks have the luxury of things like vitamin tablets.
Quoth asterion:
Argh, pet peeve of mine. The molecular weight of CO2 is 44 AMU, or about 7.3e-23 grams. The molar weight of CO2 is 44 grams.
This is what I do. Seems to work.
freezing kills reproducing adults and feeding immature forms. eggs can survive freezing.
you can then warm it, allow a hatching, then freeze before adults occur and kill the organisms that used to be eggs.
If you put a bay leaf in the flour you will not have any bugs. For 60 years I have had a bay leaf in a metal tea holder in my flour and have never had a bug since. One can also put one on the shelf if they see the weevils in any other product.
An old granny woman told me this and it does work but I don’t know how.
The OP suggests an established technique used by LDS and survivalist types. Though I think they tend to preserve whole grains rather than ground flour, which keeps longer due to less surface area, and has slightly more options for preparation.
heh. Better you stop reading now. The FDA has approved limits for insect parts in food - i’ll see if I can dig it up.
I’d prefer Argon-Nitrogen like they butcher at NobleFoods. CO2 would be an cruel and unusual punishment. It makes one’s head hurt.