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[-] kbin_space_program@kbin.run 46 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Also, i guarantee that there are bugs infesting the flour section of your grocery store and they absolutely hitch rides on the bags home

Former grocery store worker.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 30 points 5 months ago

Flour isn't stored in sanitary conditions. It's just giant piles in warehouses. This is the real reason that raw cookie dough isn't safe to eat. The eggs are usually fine, it's the flour that's riddled with disease. If you heat it to about 160°F you can eat all the cookie dough you want.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 months ago

NYT just posted a recipe two weeks back:

Heat-treat the flour: Heat oven to 400 degrees. Line a sheet pan with parchment, add the flour and spread it into a thin layer. Bake flour for 5 minutes (see Tip). Cool flour completely.

Edible Cookie Dough

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

But my favorite hobby at home was spooning raw flour into my mouth and washing it down with melted crayons…

[-] Jimbo@yiffit.net 3 points 5 months ago

It's just giant piles in warehouses.

EXCUSE ME?

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 5 months ago

At that point....it ceases to be cookie dough.

Are you saying that substituting apple sauce for eggs doesn't make them safe?

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 37 points 5 months ago

Sorry, I meant that you heat the flour to 160°F, then cool and mix it it into the dough.

And, yes, I'm saying that substituting apple sauce doesn't make it safe.

[-] Kayday@lemmy.world 24 points 5 months ago

I could have gone my whole life not knowing that and you just walked right in here and said it.

[-] kbin_space_program@kbin.run 14 points 5 months ago

To be fair to the stores, they arrive in the stores on the bags too.

[-] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Good idea to freeze a new bag of flour to kill the bugs/eggs

[-] barsquid@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Oh. No, thank you.

[-] Faresh@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

What kind of bugs are you talking about? Flour mites?

[-] kbin_space_program@kbin.run 1 points 5 months ago

Honestly its been years. I just remember the bugs and that they werent roaches.

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