[mcny]

> Add in all the waste of every 23 year old who has never baked in their life buying 20lbs of flour to go bad in their pantry and things.

How quickly does processed flour go bad? I’d imagine as long as you store in a dry, air-tight box, it should be ok?

[aaronblohowiak]

White flour lasts a long time. Whole wheat goes rancid faster. Just like white vs brown rice.

[steerablesafe]

> white flour lasts a long time.

Unless you have moths or bread beetles.

[AnimalMuppet]

How many 23-year-olds know to do that? How many are going to remember, and actually do it?

[groby_b]

Unless they bought a single 20 lbs bag, or they open all four bags, they have 15 lbs stored airtight and dark by default.

Also, I hear kids these days occasionally use the Internets to learn how to do things.

But even if you open them all and let them sit on a counter, you get at least several months out of them unless you get insects in there. And if that happens, trust me, you've learned a life-long lesson.