"Peter Aitken" > wrote in message
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> "tomkanpa" > wrote in message
> ups.com...
>> Right before Thanksgiving my wife asked me to buy 10 pounds of All
>> Purpose flour. She always asks for Pilsbury, but Robin Hood AP flour
>> was on sale. So I bought this. She claimed that the flour was the
>> reason her pie crusts didn't turn out well.
>> Yesterday she baked toll house and peanut butter cookies. She says that
>> they are dry, and once again the flour is to blame.
>> The pies and the cookies tasted OK to me. Is she imagining things or is
>> Robin Hood AP flour inferior to Pilsbury AP flour???
>>
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> Yes. First of all, there will be qualoity differences. I can't speak to
> these brands but you can expect that cheaper flour may be older, come from
> less desirable wheat, and so on.

Not always, and especially not around the big baking seasons, Christmas and
Easter. Beginning in early October (for the Christmas season), manufacturers
begin offering deals on the basic baking items. Whether the store actually
passes on the price breaks to the consumer is a separate question. But, the
lower price is not a clear indication of quality.