I'm not sure what it says about me that she just went with it. She said she thought it was odd, but didn't want to bother me while I was working, so just went with it. The full story is she took our 7 year old with her shopping. Our 7 year old insisted on managing the shopping list and copied the full list herself. The "pounds" was omitted. My wife didn't realize I emailed her the actual list to avoid mistakes in the transcription.
Edit: since what I thought was a fun story is turning into an internet fact-finding mission, I will lay out the full sequence of events so you can better judge the veracity of the post.
If I asked for 30lb of flour, why are there 3 different kinds? An astute observation my dear internet sleuths. But, the reality is less sinister than you might imagine. The grocery store was having a 2 bags for $6 sale. I use all 3 kinds of flour (all-purpose, bread, whole wheat), so I thought, let's get 2 bags of each kind. Each bag is 5lb, so that would be 10lb of each flour. A grand total of 30lb. I thought that level of detail would be too much for a reddit title, so I summarized as 30lb.
Why was there a grocery list *and* an email? I do most of the cooking. On shopping days, I write a grocery list and hand it to my wife. Today, being winter break, the kids are home. If you have kids, you might already know, kids cause chaos. That was a contributing factor. Our 7 year old insisted on leading the grocery shopping expedition. She wanted to write the grocery list herself. What could go wrong? So, I wrote the list in an email to my wife and let the 7 year old *copy* the email to her list. Then, my wife would have the real list. Problem solved! Only, I had to get to work and forgot to tell my wife that I sent her the shopping list as an email… oops.
Why was a phone call not involved? True, a call would have resolved it all. Except, I had my phone on DnD because I was in meetings. Yes, I am not a full time at-home baker and need some other strategy to fund the purchase of large amounts of flour apparently. So, she could not reach me.
Why did she not think that 30lb of flour was suspicious? Honestly, she has stopped asking questions about my purchases at this point. A refractometer, a commercial waffle cone iron, chocolate moulds, … she just rolls her eyes at this point and goes with it.
Why did I write 10lb and not 2 bags on the shopping list? You are correct, that would have avoided the entire mixup. I was in a rush, I think in terms of lbs. My bad.
But **why** 3 different kinds of flour? Are y'all really finding it strange that someone would want 3 different kinds of flour in a bread sub-reddit?
by carllerche
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I don’t see the problem here. This is great!
Time to open that bakery you’ve always dreamed of.
Nah this is the correct amount
she’s such a champ for buying that much for you omg. even if she wasn’t correct
I love bobs!
She is definitely a keeper! She knew what she was doing.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 No more, “I can’t bake right now until I get to the grocery” excuse!
But they aren’t the same, there are multiple types…
Something doesnt add up here
That’s awesome! I’m jealous! I’ve had to cease all bread making, my wife is pregnant (almost out of the first trimester) and the yeast smell gets her extremely nauseous 😭
Im counting down the days till I can make hoagies, baguettes, bagels, pizza dough again
Hey, at least it’s not 30 x 50 lb Costco flour bags.
oh im jealous, also that was a super expensive trip lol
I’ll take a loaf.
Time for expirements! How big of a bread you can make? Can you make a 30 ft croissant? Can you clog your oven with sourdough in every crevise? Who knows? But, you can find out!
Check out your local food pantries and food banks they’d love to get a bunch of flour
Lol expensive but as long as you store it correctly, you have flour for a very long time. but i saw in another comment you will be gifting neighbors too. Nice!
Soooo think about placing the whole wheat flour in the deep freeze so it doesn’t spoil before you can use it.
Well it’s time to make some bread I tell you hwhat
Fucking awesome.
It is nice to have a partner who supports you.
Is it normal in the US to buy 30lb bags of flour?
Bob’s Red Mill employees and staff wish you a very Merry Christmas and happy holidays.
Poor wife carried all that ?
That’s a great mistake!! Have fun baking!!
I see no misunderstanding here just a whole bunch of baking needs to be done lol. Or give it as a gift?
If I ever see Bob’s whole wheat pastry flour, I get at least five bags so I’m not sure my wife would think 30 was too odd, particularly not around the holidays.
You have a strong wife!
Happy baking!
I feel like most people would call from the grocery store for clarification before buying 30 bags of flour.
Oh gosh, that sure is something! The bread flour is at least pretty easy to store if you have something like 5 gallon pickle buckets or another large food-safe airtight container. The whole wheat should probably get frozen if you’re not going to be able to go through that much in a couple of months, though. Honestly, if I ended up with that much extra flour I’d probably take it down to the local food pantry and call it a Christmas donation. Someone will happily use it up!
I wish my partner would let me buy 30 bags of flour 😂
Why don’t you just return it to the store?
Is that 30 one pound bags of flour that equals thirty pounds of flour?
Edit: I was wrong.
Welcome to /r/preppers.
You have a lot of baking to do! Or return to store, or check with local food pantries, church, community, or senior centers to see if they could use or distribute the extra.
My sixth grade class did a project in which we had to carry around a five pound bag of flour as if it were a baby for a week. You could sponsor a whole class!
So she just spent $200 on flour without even questioning it? My god I can’t even imagine
Cashier: “Wow, that’s a lot of flour. What are you making?”
OP’s Wife: “I don’t even know.”
Freeze it or you’ll end up with 30 bags of bugs
Jackpot
Make great stocking stuffers! 😂
You wife at the store, “I guess they will be making a lot of stuff for the holidays, makes sense.” She then proceeds to buy what she thinks you need. lol.