For me it is between less than a month and two months, that is a lot of flour! and alot more than I used to use, I now bake more, and share more.....
I am looking at the dwindleing supply of flour and remembering filling it up literally 2 weeks ago. This is a bit rediculous, how did pioneers survive? did they get flour in 50 lb sacks? we hear how they did not eat meat like we do, and we know vegetables were hard to come by in the winter, so what were they eating? or maybe I just eat alot..well I do..eat alot that is.
how long does 20lbs of flour last?
September 11th, 2006 at 04:00 pm
September 11th, 2006 at 04:23 pm 1157991813
I know I use much more flour in the cooler months---as i dont like to bake and add more heat in the house during summer.
September 11th, 2006 at 05:36 pm 1157996197
September 12th, 2006 at 12:02 am 1158019327
September 12th, 2006 at 12:18 am 1158020327
course my husband wants to know where I am storing it if I do buy more, I want to know how to get it cheaper.
September 12th, 2006 at 06:17 pm 1158085045
Pioneers did a lot of hunting, they put up deer and fish and bear meat, snared rabbits, shot quail, ducks, and geese and hunted for their eggs, kept chickens for both eggs and meat, sometimes raised a hog for butchering, kept a milk cow or two. They also planted extensive gardens of long lasting root crops like potatoes, carrots, onions, garlic, parsnips, turnips, salsify, and rutabagas. They dried peppers. They grew winter squashes which keep for about 9 months in a cool, dry place like a root cellar.
Mostly, they thought differently. Canning, smoking, drying meat and fruits and veggies. Flour was mostly for bread, all these other things like cakes and cookies and doughnuts, were special occassion uses of flour, not a weekly norm. If you only used your flour for making bread it would last much longer, but it wouldn't be as much fun.