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Inflation vs. 'Investing' in dry foods

[Deleted User] · 2013-02-17 15:03:42

Having a convo with my parents a few days ago, regarding current savings rates and the current rate of inflation (2.75%) it made sense to me that unless one's savings rate was above 2.75% that one might as well 'invest' in dry goods and non-perishables as the rate of inflation will probably rise a bit before it falls…

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Mojisola Posts: 35,571 Forumite

18 February 2013 at 10:19AM

sparrer wrote: »

The only thing I don't keep a big stock of is flour. It's okay if you have enough freezer space but I've heard too many stories on here of weevils in flour to want to keep more than I can reasonably use.

I did have some bread flour for about a year and when I used it in the bm with some fresh yeast it didn't rise, so presumably it had lost its strength

The fats in flour go rancid and that does affect the flavour and the way it behaves when cooked.

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