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Re:A man feeding a remote Alaska town with a Costco card and... by mcny on Sunday May 03, 2020 @09:23PM (#23063564)
> Add in all the waste of every 23 year old who has never baked in their life buying 20lbs of flour to go bad in their pantry and things.

How quickly does processed flour go bad? I’d imagine as long as you store in a dry, air-tight box, it should be ok?

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Re:A man feeding a remote Alaska town with a Costco card and... by aaronblohowiak on Sunday May 03, 2020 @09:35PM (#23063650)
White flour lasts a long time. Whole wheat goes rancid faster. Just like white vs brown rice.
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Re:A man feeding a remote Alaska town with a Costco card and... by steerablesafe on Monday May 04, 2020 @04:46AM (#23065796)
> white flour lasts a long time.

Unless you have moths or bread beetles.

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Re:A man feeding a remote Alaska town with a Costco card and... by AnimalMuppet on Sunday May 03, 2020 @09:34PM (#23063644)
How many 23-year-olds know to do that? How many are going to remember, and actually do it?
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Re:A man feeding a remote Alaska town with a Costco card and... by groby_b on Sunday May 03, 2020 @10:22PM (#23063940)
Unless they bought a single 20 lbs bag, or they open all four bags, they have 15 lbs stored airtight and dark by default.

Also, I hear kids these days occasionally use the Internets to learn how to do things.

But even if you open them all and let them sit on a counter, you get at least several months out of them unless you get insects in there. And if that happens, trust me, you've learned a life-long lesson.

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