How to deal with flour worms, what to do with flour worms

Generally speaking, there are small insects in the flour, which may be because the flour is not sealed, so it is said that the external insects enter, and after filtering the insects, it can also continue to be eaten, but it may also be because of the deterioration of the flour, so it must be treated with caution, if the flour is flavorful, then it is not edible at this time.

In summer, flour raw worms can be eaten according to the situation.

1. In the early stage of flour worms, the flour has many small lumps, at this time, we use a sieve to filter the flour and filter out the small lumps, and the remaining flour can continue to be eaten.

2. If the flour has clumped and deteriorated, it is recommended not to eat it, because the red grain thief will gather together to produce a secretion, which will make the flour clump and be harmful to the human body.

Methods of preserving flour

1. Refrigerate and store.

If you don't need to store a lot of flour, or if your refrigerator is large enough, then putting it in the refrigerator is the most direct and effective way, because studies have found that the flour worms are almost inactive in the environment below 13 degrees, so it is guaranteed that there will be no flour worms and mildew when stored in the refrigerator for a long time.

2. Sealed and stored.

Generally, there will be some sealed jars, jars, plastic buckets, etc. at home, wipe these appliances clean, be sure to keep them dry enough, and then put a large plastic bag in the utensils, pour flour, drain the air inside, seal the mouth, and then cover the lid and put it in a cool and dry place.

3. Zanthoxylum pepper preservation method.

Put the pepper in a small gauze bag, and then put it in the flour, the smell of the pepper seeps into the flour, which can effectively prevent the flour from insects and mold, and the steamed pasta has a special fragrance, which is really a double win. This is because Sichuan pepper is a natural antioxidant with a special fragrance, and the face insect is very sensitive and avoids this special smell.

Generally speaking, there are small insects in the flour, which may be because the flour is not sealed, so it is said that the external insects enter, and after filtering the insects, it can also continue to be eaten, but it may also be because of the deterioration of the flour, so it must be treated with caution, if the flour is flavorful, then it is not edible at this time.

Flour is prone to insects in a humid environment. Next, let's take a look at what to do with flour worms.

01 Leakage.

Put the flour in the drain and brush it, so that you can also brush the insects in the flour, but if there are too many insects, the flour is no longer edible and can be used to feed livestock.

02 Ventilation area.

The flour you buy should not be placed in a humid environment, but in a ventilated place, so that you can prevent the flour from growing insects.

03 Temperature conditions.

Flour is less likely to grow insects at around 18 degrees Celsius, so if there is too much flour, the surrounding temperature conditions should be controlled.

04 Off the ground.

Flour should not be placed on the floor, which can easily cause flour worms, but should be placed on a chair or table.

1. Once flour or rice has worms, do not take it to the sun. The flour or rice of the insects can be packed into small plastic bags and frozen in the refrigerator freezer for 10 hours, which can not only kill the adults, but also kill the eggs. Cloth bag flour absorbs moisture, it is easy to get insects, it is best to use a plastic bag, be sure to tie the mouth tightly.

2. Flour refers to wheat flour, that is, flour ground from wheat. According to its performance and use, wheat flour is divided into special flour (such as bread flour, dumpling flour, biscuit flour, etc.), general flour (such as standard flour, Fuqiang flour), and nutritionally fortified flour (such as calcium-increasing flour, iron-rich flour, 7+1 nutritionally fortified flour, etc.); According to the precision, it is divided into special first-class flour, special second-class flour, standard flour, ordinary flour, etc.; According to the strength of gluten, it is divided into high-gluten flour, medium-gluten flour and low-gluten flour.

Pick out bugs and nodules. After the white flour is insected, people will find that there are a lot of nodular substances in the white flour, which are often composed of insect excrement, and people should remove these substances from the white flour.

Exposure to the sun. If the white flour is not serious, it is a pity to throw away the white flour directly, and people can expose the white flour of the raw worms to the sun to kill the insects and eggs.

Place the peppercorns. After the white flour of the insects is treated, people should properly preserve the white noodles, which can be sealed in small packets, and then put some gauze-wrapped peppercorns in the white noodles, so as to prevent the white noodles from growing insects again.

Cryo-deworming. Flour with insects is put into a clean plastic bag and placed in the freezer of the refrigerator for 24 hours at a low temperature, and the flour insects cannot survive in such an environment.

Generally speaking, there are small insects in the flour, which may be because the flour is not sealed, so it is said that the external insects enter, and after filtering the insects, it can also continue to be eaten, but it may also be because of the deterioration of the flour, so it must be treated with caution, if the flour is flavorful, then it is not edible at this time.

Here's how to deal with the flour if it has bugs:

1. After the flour is insected, move the flour to a dry and sealed container, and put the freshly picked poplar leaves into the container and seal it with the flour. After four or five days, the storage container is opened to find that the larvae and eggs have been killed, and then the flour is strained through a dustpan or sieve and is ready to eat.

2. Insert the chopsticks into the flour of the raw insects, and pull out the insects on the surface of the flour after climbing up. Then, spread the flour in a cool, ventilated place, and bugs deep in the flour will crawl out of the warmer flour. This method is simple and convenient, but it takes a long time to get rid of insects.

How do you store flour without insects?

1. Keep your flour in a sealed plastic bag. Sealed plastic bags can be used to isolate the action of oxygen, so that the flour is isolated from the air. In this way, the flour is not prone to insects, and it will not return to moisture and mold.

2. If you don't eat it in the short term, you can also store it in the refrigerator freezer. In this way, no matter how long it takes, the flour will not spoil. However, if the flour is already "sick", then this method will not save it.