Today's Kitchen Tip: How do I get bugs in my flour?

With the holiday season over, many of us have extra bags of flour we did not use for our baking. 

Did you ever open up a bag of flour and see tiny bugs in it?  Of course you have.  It's not anything you did wrong.  We looked on King Arthur Flour website and here's what they say:

All flour has weevil eggs in it, right from the flour mill. Freezing it will kill the eggs before they hatch, so no buggy flour. If you're not able to freeze it or keep it in the freezer, a couple of whole dried bay leaves will almost always keep the eggs from hatching. We freeze in common Zip Lock bags and keep some bread flours in the freezer for 6 months or longer without a problem.

It's not a question of keeping the bugs out, just keeping the eggs from hatching.

By the way....this does not apply only to King Arthur Flour but ANY flour you purchase.