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Post by antheat on Oct 12, 2007 15:49:25 GMT -5
How do you store your flour?
Ant
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Post by foodisgood on Oct 12, 2007 16:06:47 GMT -5
Not very well.
Some of them say refrigerate after opening but I don't.
Plain ole flour sits in an open bag.
Target has some clear canisters with tight fitting lids. You gently squeeze the center handles of the lid to "unlock" the canister lid. I think I might get some of those because they are so easy to open. Stack n' Store 4-pc. Canister Set
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Post by antheat on Oct 12, 2007 16:58:49 GMT -5
I've been eying the Snapware 10-pc storage container set tinyurl.com/yqjdz4 for $19.99 - plastic, flexiglass. 2 x 32-0z 2 x 64-oz 1 x 120-oz My problem comes in translating that into how many pounds of flour I can stuff in a container *lol* The other one I was looking at, also at Target is the Heritage Hill Jar - 2 gallon. Its glass - 9"Wx 13.5"H tinyurl.com/2cry6yI'm leaning more towards this one as I think it may work better for me.... maybe.... You can tell how easy this is for me *lol* Ant
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Post by lkeriegrl on Oct 12, 2007 20:12:26 GMT -5
Ant,
I vote for the glass jar. Just about everything in my kitchen that can go into glass is in glass. Pure glass jars, some newish, some vintage. Started b/c I inheroted a Mr. Peanut store counter jar from my Gramma when she moved in with my mom. It has a cunning little peanute as the lid knob. It makes me crazy though honestly, cause the lid has a numbe rof small nicks and I just wonder where the bits have gone all these years, It's about 80 years old, I guess. I keep sugar in it. The flour jar was a real hunt. I ended up with a very nice roundish jar, also w/o a 'gasket' for $5 at a fleamarket. It was like years of looking before I found what I was looking for. . .I made it harder by rejecting anything mass market (no martha stewart matchy matchy) and under like $12 bucks. Which I would have paid for my actual flour jar, but the guy who sold it to wa sjust babysittign the stall so, hey there ya go.
I have several that look similar with jewel-ish faceted lids and plasticky gaskets. Those are for the other sugars. . .
My flour jar holds just about 1 5# bag. I wouldn't go any bigger fo how I use it—I have to lift it up and down from its shelf. I prefer everything in glass (even my plants) so the contents can be the focus. It's very harmonious.
and, try Tuesday Morning or another closeout place for a unique piece at a better price. Another longtime quest (for the perfect glass iced tea pitcher with a lid) was happily resolved for under 8 bucks earlier this summer.
Erin
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Post by fiveowife on Oct 12, 2007 20:53:55 GMT -5
I store in tupperware canister set.
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Post by chipperhiker on Oct 13, 2007 13:50:34 GMT -5
I'm with Tracey. Good old Tupperware. They're not beautiful like the glass, but they unbreakable and will last forever. Mine are in a cabinet, so I'm not particularly concerned with aesthetics, though I do like the colors I have.
I've got the old ones from the 60s and 70s. The 8 1/2" tall and 7 3/8" in diameter size holds a 5 lb. bag of flour perfectly. There is a larger size available in some colors that may hold as much as 10 #, but don't quote mo on that. My pale yellow ones never came in that color.
Some folks don't like that they're opaque, but I just put a label on, and problem solved.
I've just picked up mine over the years at garage sales/thrift shops.
They can handle being stored in the freezer (for whole grains) with no problems; they don't get brittle.
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Post by antheat on Oct 15, 2007 11:31:49 GMT -5
I love tupperware too, but what I have and what I've looked at, just doesn't let me put a cup measure in it so I can scoop out flour.
I went ahead and got the glass 2g jar which is sitting on the counter with 10lbs of unbleached King Arthur flour in it *g* I picked up the 1g glass jar for bread flour and it worked well when I was busy baking brioche this weekend.
I'll try it out and see how it goes - I must say I'm liking not having to clear up a bunch of spilt flour! *lol*
Anthea
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