I apologize if this is yet another repeat - I keep getting mailer demons back
on it - this is my last try!!
To: bread-bakers @ lists.best.com @ internet, ghayward @ illuminet.net @
internet
cc:
From: Cherie Ambrosino
Date: 12/09/96 03:05:17 PM
Subject: Weevils!!! corrected
Hi Gladys - Welcome to Weevil land! Notice any little flying brown moth type
creatures yet?? That's what the little white worms turn into. [sorry if
that's a repeat but I seem to be having some computer problems today!!] I've
been there, its awful - I'm sorry. The good news:
1. they can't hurt you - don't worry
2. they won't hatch if they're frozen
Bad news
1. they eat any carbohydrate type stuff - pasta, rice, grains, crackers, cereal
ad infinitum!
2. They eat through almost anything to get to it!
So, from my vast array of unfortunate experiences - assuming you're not too
badly infested yet:
a. Freeze everything that contains any type of flour or grain [you can even
stick it outside if you live where there's a real winter [it doesn't actually
have to be freezing, you can try the fridge if you fill up the freezer!]
b. don't buy anything that won't fit in the cold spots until you haven't seen
any worms or flying things for at least a month [they basically stick around
till there's no more food - this includes flying specks of flour dust!]
c. be incredibly careful when you bake - even a trace of flour in the air can
feed them so wipe up everything carefully and try not to let too much fly
around!
Good luck - and remember they won't hurt you they're just gross! Kill as many
as you can and avoid feeding the rest - before it gets bad - and from now on
keep things in the freezer a week or so after you buy them [only really an
issue with natural, organic type things or from a farmers market etc, things
that have been really packaged [pillsbury or post et al] don't have the eggs
[invisible to you and me anyway]. My infestation started with some organic
flour but lasted almost a year - beware the evil weevils!! ;) Cherie