Flour is the one thing that we do not buy locally. I had 3 bags in a row that I had to throw out. I would buy a bag. Hubby would open it, and throw it out because it had a few bugs in it.
I told him it was probably just a little extra protein. The next time I told him that they probably didn’t eat much. The third time, I couldn’t think of anything smart to say, so I just said I give up and opened a can of flour, then ordered a bunch more.
Sometimes I grind some of my wheat or flax seed to substitute for part of the flour in a recipe.
I did try to make a whole wheat tortilla once, but that was when I only had the coffee grinder to use. It was barely edible.LOL
I read something lately about Indians (East Indians) who live mostly on rice getting sick and starting to have beri-beri.
They had only recently started eating mostly store-bought, bulk processed-food rice.
The bugs in the local rice they had previously eaten had enough vitamin B-12 to keep them healthy.
When they started eating the washed rice, they got sick!
You said on a gardening thread I think it was, that you order your flour from the Mormons. Exactly where do you get that? Do you have a link to the place? And, from what you said, it comes in cans? I would rather get flour from them than buy bags in a grocery because I don’t trust those bags to have flour without bugs.
Freeze your flour for a week before putting it on the shelf. That kills the eggs / no bugs.