Cornstarch or baking flour?

[PhoenixOrion]

I'm cleaning up my kitchen in the condo I'm about to sell.

Found 3 bags of 'white stuff'......one's labeled pancake mix, the other two no labels. I'd like to keep them if they're flour. I'd discard it if its cornstarch.

How do I differentiate if its cornstarch or flour?

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: PhoenixOrion
I'm cleaning up my kitchen in the condo I'm about to sell.

Found 3 bags of 'white stuff'......one's labeled pancake mix, the other two no labels. I'd like to keep them if they're flour. I'd discard it if its cornstarch.

How do I differentiate if its cornstarch or flour?

considering you'd be out about $6 total. I think you should toss 'em.

spreading on a compost pile would be ideal, but they'd be a nice orgainc component to a landfill as well.

 

[Jeff7]

Snort a few lines of it and see how you feel.

 

[nageov3t]

cornstarch feels a lot drier than flour, to me at least.

 

[altonb1]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
Snort a few lines of it and see how you feel.

Sigh...

this was going to be my reply.

 

[Bootprint]

Mix in a bowl, the unknown substance and water. Then punch into the mixture.
If it goes all over the place, it's probably flour.

video, example at 1:17.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: altonb1

Originally posted by: Jeff7
Snort a few lines of it and see how you feel.

Sigh...

this was going to be my reply.

Hah! Too slow! YOUNEEDTODOMORELINESSOYOUCANTHINKFASTER!!!!!!!!

 

[zoiks]

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: altonb1

Originally posted by: Jeff7
Snort a few lines of it and see how you feel.

Sigh...

this was going to be my reply.

Hah! Too slow! YOUNEEDTODOMORELINESSOYOUCANTHINKFASTER!!!!!!!!

Maybe you need to stop snorting.

 

[eelw]

How large are the bags? Cornstarch usually only comes in small packs less than a pound. If it's like 2-5 pounds, then more likely than not, it's flour.

 

[Fritzo]

Cornstarch is finer, becomes dense when wet, and usually comes in wax lined bags in a cardboard box. I doubt it's corn starch.

 

[biggestmuff]

Good grief. Toss it.

 

[homercles337]

Originally posted by: eelw
How large are the bags? Cornstarch usually only comes in small packs less than a pound. If it's like 2-5 pounds, then more likely than not, it's flour.

Exactly...

If you cant tell the difference between feeling each then you fail...

 

[nonameo]

Is it alternator sized? About 10lbs?


I'd say it's probably powdered beef.

edit: in bulk.

 

[BoomerD]

Cornstarch will be much finer and feel "slickery", much like talc.

 

[PhoenixOrion]

Originally posted by: Bootprint
Mix in a bowl, the unknown substance and water. Then punch into the mixture.
If it goes all over the place, it's probably flour.

video, example at 1:17.

This has got to be the most scientific answer so far

But not gonna try it coz I don't want to clean up especially when I'm trying to sell the place.

 

[Leros]

Just throw it away. Flour is cheap.

 

[Saint Michael]

Originally posted by: PhoenixOrion

Originally posted by: Bootprint
Mix in a bowl, the unknown substance and water. Then punch into the mixture.
If it goes all over the place, it's probably flour.

video, example at 1:17.

This has got to be the most scientific answer so far

But not gonna try it coz I don't want to clean up especially when I'm trying to sell the place.

That's absurd. Just take a cup, put a tablespoon of the stuff into the bottom and pour water into it. Not enough that it's soupy. If it becomes elastic and doughy when you knead it with your fingers, it's flour. If it is just an ooze it is corn starch or something else.

 

[Howard]

Old flour isn't really worth using anyway.

 

[PhoenixOrion]

Originally posted by: altonb1

Originally posted by: Jeff7
Snort a few lines of it and see how you feel.

Sigh...

this was going to be my reply.

Cornstarch give you a 'hi' or a 'lo'? What about flour?

I'm not gonna try it...I nosebleed easily.

 

[Modelworks]

Taste it.
They taste entirely different.

 

[PhoenixOrion]

Originally posted by: Modelworks
Taste it.
They taste entirely different.

Can't differentiate from taste.

 

[Saint Michael]

Originally posted by: PhoenixOrion

Originally posted by: Modelworks
Taste it.
They taste entirely different.

Can't differentiate from taste.

Why do you even want it if you don't know anything about it? You know five pounds of flour is about $1.50, right?

 

[PhoenixOrion]

Originally posted by: Saint Michael

Originally posted by: PhoenixOrion

Originally posted by: Modelworks
Taste it.
They taste entirely different.

Can't differentiate from taste.

Why do you even want it if you don't know anything about it? You know five pounds of flour is about $1.50, right?

It's not the price. I hate trashing anything that can be put to use.

 

[mindmaniac]

Cornstarch

Now what's the question?

 

[PhoenixOrion]

Problem solved. I gave all 3 bags to my next-door neighbor. She thinks that the smaller bag is cornstarch because of the container size :roll: