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Default Flour like Wondra?

On 7/5/2016 1:33 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Tue, 05 Jul 2016 10:33:11 -0600, Janet B wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 5 Jul 2016 11:21:18 -0500, Sqwertz >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 5 Jul 2016 00:34:45 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>>> And it is not true that e-coli can not survive in cooked food. There was
>>>> that big Jack In The Box burger thing some years back.
>>>
>>> I specifically said that certain temperatures needed to be achieved.
>>> E-coli is killed at very specific temperatures for very specific
>>> lengths of time. 160F is considered the safe temperature to cook
>>> hamburger and other meats, but JitB was not doing that. If the USDA
>>> says 160F for hamburgers, what do you think would happen to e-coli in
>>> flour steamed at 200-212F?
>>>
>>> Wondra flour may have been steamed back in the 60's and 70's and
>>> General Mills still wants people to think that, but not now.
>>> Virtually all the mass produced modified food starches are now made by
>>> acid, alkaline, or enzymatic treatments.

>>
>> can't e. coli can be re-introduced into properly cooked foods by
>> hands, machinery, etc.?

>
> Sure. Anything can happen. Wondra would have a different packaging
> line for the canisters and bags-in-boxes. Wondra probably shares the
> same treatment apparatus used for bleaching their flour - which is
> treated with chlorine gas and benzoyl peroxide - yum!
>
> It's interesting to note that Wondra has been pulled from all web
> sites like Amazon and Walmart. You can find some old links to the
> product descriptions, but it's all been removed from their own search
> indexes. Not just out of stock ... but gone! It wouldn't surprise me
> that we've seen the last of Wondra.
>
> -sw
>

Hey, I have an ancient cannister of Wondra in the pantry. It was
something my mother bought. One of these days I'll throw it away. It's
undoubtedly "expired" anyway.

Jill