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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yup. 1000% OP.

This economy is a disaster.

I've been buying ingredients to make a pie for a Memorial Day cookout. I sh*t you not, I've spent over $35 to buy flour, butter, sugar, and the fruit going into it. INSANE. [/quote]

SureOP, sure. Butter, flour and sugar will run you $15 max- all pantry staples. No fruit is in season except strawberries, and those are not costing you $20. [/quote]

Butter: $8.50
Flour: $8.79
Sugar: $5.99
Berries: $7.50

Add tax.  $35.

Go back to your expired food section in the lowest of the low store, Carol.  I bet you buy flour with weevils in it, then brag about how thrifty of a shopper you are, lol.  [/quote]

I buy 50 lb for $20 then store it in the freezer like a normal person. I don’t waste $9 for 5-10 lb flour, Susan. [/quote]
Normal people do not buy 50 pounds of flour and store it in the freezer.[/quote]

+1 nobody non-commercial has that kind of space. And commercial would be using the flour up quickly.

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I don’t live in a DC shoebox, plenty of room for a few pounds of flour. [/quote]

My mom bought flour in 50 lb bags, but that was when she was a stay at home mom who made homemade bread and buns for a family with 5 kids every week.

But 50 lb kept in the freezer makes sense if you have the freezer space and aren't going through it quickly.  That prevents mealworm eggs (there's always going be be a few in there) from hatching (might actually kill them).

My parents' neighbor who was an avid veg gardener kept his carrots in buckets of sand over winter. [/quote]

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