Why is this still packaged this way? - Page 2

KentuckyWoman · ‎03-13-2010

In our area we can purchase Gold Medal flour in the zip top bags. That's the only way I but it now. The paper packaging for flour is messy and I have always hated trying to transfer it to another container.

Abrowneyegirl · ‎03-15-2010

I have to admit from the moment I pick up the bag at the store and get flour all over myself I ask this.

Yahooey · ‎07-09-2010

@KentuckyWomanwrote:
In our area we can purchase Gold Medal flour in the zip top bags. That's the only way I but it now. The paper packaging for flour is messy and I have always hated trying to transfer it to another container.

@KentuckyWoman i have not seen this and hope it will come to my area

chickenbutt · ‎03-09-2010

I probably buy a 5# (or is it 4# now?) bag of flour every few years, but have never had that problem.

I just gently open up one of those triangles at the top and open the rest of it enough to make it pourable and then pour it into a L&L. I'm pretty klutzy, but I don't seem to have a spillage problem with the bag.

LisaMofSLC · ‎11-12-2010

This is why I was interested in the Lock N Lock larger containers, open the bag of flour and put it in a container. But those lids, do they last? Maybe just get a Rubbermaid. Funny how in all the years of food container changes we have seen offered, flour and sugar still use paper bags that are a pain once opened.

chickenbutt · ‎03-09-2010

Sestra44 wrote:
This is why I was interested in the Lock N Lock larger containers, open the bag of flour and put it in a container. But those lids, do they last? Maybe just get a Rubbermaid. Funny how in all the years of food container changes we have seen offered, flour and sugar still use paper bags that are a pain once opened.

I've never had problems with my L&L lasting. Some of mine is well over 10 years old and still in constant use.

I probably have more L&L than people should legally be able to own and the only time I've ever had problems were stupid user (me) error. For example, if you drop a frozen piece of plastic out of the freezer, it's gonna break/crack. Can't blame that on the plastic. hehe

But, I'll tell ya, it keeps things mega-fresh. I often have some dry goods, such as sugars, flour, dry cereal, various types of crackers, and - well, more than I can think of in this moment - I'll have something in a L&L for a few years and it's still very fresh. That said, I'm VERY picky and particularly food-picky.

A loaf of bread in a L&L stays just as fresh as the first day for at least 17 days. I'm super mega picky with bread and before L&L I couldn't use it if I'd had it for more than two days. I know - I'm neurotically picky, and have always fully admitted that, so I don't need anybody else to tell me that.

I'm not creative or talented in very many ways, so food storage is just my thang.

Don't even get me started on vacuum sealing or I'll never shut up!

CelticCrafter · ‎03-09-2010

@Yahooeywrote:
Everytime I open a bag of flour, the same thing happens... it doesn't open easily or properly. There is a tear in the middle of the bag and I will need to cut it across with scissors to make a clean cut. Siphoning a few cups out and then pour the bag into another container. Am I the only one that has problems?

Sugar - same story.

While I'm at it - why isn't every can made with a pull tab.

Breathe in and out slowly and relax as the scent of irish soda bread is wafting through my kitchen.

Sorry...rant over

Oh, I hate those pull tab cans - especially a taller can.

Then you have the cans that also have the rounded bottoms so you can't turn it over and use a can opener to open them that way.

Tigriss · ‎03-12-2010

@151949wrote:
I keep scissors in the kitchen mostly for the purpose of opening packages. Things I know usually make a mess anyway - I open in the sink where I can rinse the mess down the drain.

I always open flour and sugar over the sink. I slowly fold open the top fold, which is what we have down here in the area I live in, and slowly let the flour or sugar that is caught up in the fold fall into the sink. Once I've dusted off the bag and it is all opened, I put the container I pour it into in the sink and pour away. I also pour my pepper and salt into my salt bowl and grinders this way. I've always done this as long as I've been cooking even as a child.

I would love for them to come in a zip-top bag that is thicker plastic or even thicker paper, but flour is cheap because they keep the packaging to a minimum as people pretty much always decant it. Even when we got it in cloths bags, we always pour it out, then wash the cloth to make clothes, curtains, quilts, panties, anything. We always bought the same pattern if at all possible. We even were able to get the shop to set a certain patter aside for us. The point is that people pretty much just trash the bag once they have it in their container of choice, so why increase the cost to make a long-lasting bag. People would prefer keeping the costs low.