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    Does flour get "old"?

    I had a two year old, unopened bag of flour and the lemon bars I made tssted funky. Throw the flour out? Make paste? What? 

    +5  Views: 895 Answers: 6 Posted: 8 years ago

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    6 to 8 months according to here>>http://www.eatbydate.com/other/baking/how-long-does-flour-last-shelf-life-expiration-date/


     http://www.canitgobad.net/can-flour-go-bad/


    Every bag of flour I have purchased has a use by date or expiration date. Check the bag.

    jhharlan

    Good grief, it's two and a half year's old but sealed. It's bad,just make something with it.....
    country bumpkin

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    I wouldn't try to make anything to eat from it. LOL
    Ducky

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    It gets tiny little bugs in it, sealed or not, that you probably would not even notice. I was told that by an exterminator. The same thing can happen with pasta and sometimes these bugs are already in your food when you buy it from the store. :((
    country bumpkin

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    Flour weevils
    Ducky

    Moderator
    Exactly!

    Flour does get bad and what you make with it will be yucky!  Throw the crap out!


     

    It could also get worms in it too. We just threw some out that was in a sealed container.

    mycatsmom

    that supports the controversy for spontaneous generation
    jhharlan

    That you have yet to explain to me

    ....if it was whole wheat flour it could go rancid do to the germ oil contained


    ....refrigerate whole wheat


    ....other flour lasts, if it is kept dry

    clu

    Are you sure it doesn't get bad? Regular flour does get bad! You can tell my the smell!

    I think it takes on the taste and the smell of the bag it's in . It might not have been good flour to start with. It was prob from China.

    jhharlan

    Pillsbury
    country bumpkin

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