Pasta bugs.

[Fab Foodie]

So flour weevils are not the same as Flour moths then?

Apols Spiecher, there are also various Flour Beetles which I should have added (sorry, should never post in haste):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flour_beetle
More here:
http://www.pantrypest.com/flour-beetles.html


Flour/Grain bugs are not my area of expertise other than there are rare occasions of infestations of flour pests that occur from time to time that are cause for serious and urgent action.

In the home, it means a chucking out of all flour/grain based products and a through cleaning.... a bit easier and cheaper than a food premises!

 

[colly]

In the home, it means a chucking out of all flour/grain based products and a through cleaning.... a bit easier and cheaper than a food premises!

Thanks for the advice.
The area where the box was kept has been given the once over and now sparkles like never before. We do have flour elsewhere in a separate cupboard, most of which is still in sealed bags. Necessary to throw that out too ?

 

[Fab Foodie]

Thanks for the advice.
The area where the box was kept has been given the once over and now sparkles like never before. We do have flour elsewhere in a separate cupboard, most of which is still in sealed bags. Necessary to throw that out too ?

Just check carefully for movement! I'd assume they're OK as they're not from the same source or storage from the Pasta. That's no guarantee though if anything got in before sealing.

 

[Aperitif]

Just check carefully for movement! I'd assume they're OK as they're not from the same source or storage from the Pasta. That's no guarantee though if anything got in before sealing.

Self-raising awareness.
These posts are beginning to go against the grain now.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Self-raising awareness.
These posts are beginning to go against the grain now.

C'mon, some are bran-new .... apart from the usual old corny ones ....

 

[Aperitif]

C'mon, some are bran-new .... apart from the usual old corny ones ....

Now you're making a meal of this, you...you....McNugget, you!

 

[Fab Foodie]

Now you're making a meal of this, you...you....McNugget, you!

That's batter! A-Maize-ing progress indeed, imagine what you could come up with by next Fry-day if you really lost your Tempura ....

 

[colly]

These posts need sifting through, some of them are half baked at best.

 

[Aperitif]

These posts need sifting through, some of them are half baked at best.

Can we help you?
You do realise there is a serious conversation going on here, don't you? Sorry I'm being a bit pici, but I hope the penne has dropped by now...even though the posts have made some people a bit gigli...
Anyway, it's a load of bolo
gnaise.
Sorry, that's a bit saucy.
(Are we done now? If not, I'm inventing a new pasta shape called 'pitifulli')

 

[Salad Dodger]

flour is well known for weevils. You have to be very careful with it.

We have had the pleasure of weevils in an old tub of flour, found down the back of a cupboard. It really freaked out Mrs Salad, who chucked away everything in the cupboard. Including unopened tins.....

 

[welsh dragon]

We have had the pleasure of weevils in an old tub of flour, found down the back of a cupboard. It really freaked out Mrs Salad, who chucked away everything in the cupboard. Including unopened tins.....

i dont think they could get into tins i had them once. I must admit it freaked me out as well.

 

[Moon bunny]

That pasta is a rare delicacy-known as Pasta Marzu-in parts of southern Italy, banned by the EC food hygiene regulations, it now costs €78.00 per 100g.

 

[vernon]

That pasta is a rare delicacy-known as Pasta Marzu-in parts of southern Italy, banned by the EC food hygiene regulations, it now costs €78.00 per 100g.

I thought that you were joking until I found this.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

the general opinion was they were from Lidl and Aldi pasta products

So much fuss over some Lidl bugs, honestly!!

 

[vernon]

So much fuss over some Lidl bugs, honestly!!