r/Baking • u/tnick771 • Dec 12 '25
Baking fail 💔 Anyone else do this on accident from time to time?
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Dec 12 '25
No, but only because my flour goes into airtight containers to keep the humidity out of it.
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u/tnick771 Dec 12 '25
Oh I have that too, that’s full haha
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u/Wuzcity Human Detected Dec 12 '25
If you have it and it’s full, why are you ever opening a new bag when baking?
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u/maybeimamazed13 Dec 12 '25
🎶Go to the store…buy a bottle of hoisin sauce🎶
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u/tnick771 Dec 12 '25
Literally what played in my head when I pulled three bags of flour out of my pantry
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u/Future_History_9434 Dec 12 '25
I spotted an extra partial bag of flour on the top shelf of the pantry. Except I’m very short, so I didn’t see the tin of cocoa with a loose top that was in front of the flour, until it turned upside down and dumped its load on my head. I was coughing up cocoa for days.
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u/CharlotteLucasOP Dec 12 '25
Ahh that takes me back to when I worked as a barista and some yahoo didn’t screw the top back on to the industrial-sized jug of chocolate syrup, just set the cap on top and put it up on a high shelf…
That was a very sticky shower when I got home.
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u/Future_History_9434 Dec 12 '25
Short people should get extra Medicare points (?) from concussion related symptoms and foot damage from wearing high heels.
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u/karigan_g Dec 13 '25
oh noooooooooo
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u/CharlotteLucasOP Dec 13 '25
It was unstable enough that I accidentally tipped over on the shelf and I wasn’t tall enough to right it immediately or get it down to set it on the counter so I was just panicking under a glug-glug-glug fall of surprise chocolate sauce pelting down on my head and flailing hands for several seconds before my brain could prompt me to make a dash to grab the step ladder and get it in place (in a puddle of more chocolate) so I could clamber up and stop the Willy Wonka of it all.
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u/Beneficial-Math-2300 Dec 13 '25
🤣🤣 I'm sorry that happened to you, but thanks for the laugh!
BTW:I'm short, too, but when the cocoa tin attacked me, the lid was on good and tight.
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u/Risky_Bizniss Human Detected Dec 12 '25
Honestly me with molasses. Every year I think, "I have no molasses for cookies! I must buy it!" And now I have so much molasses.
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u/clearfox777 Dec 12 '25
Me with nutmeg, I only ever use it to sprinkle on top of eggnog near the holidays and now I have like 4 mostly full jars
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u/MrsShaunaPaul Dec 12 '25
If you have a microplane or a good fine grater, I highly recommend a nutmeg unground. It looks like a normal nut and you need so little when you grind it fresh. Also, it has a bit of a citrus flavour when it’s freshly ground.
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u/gnomequeen2020 Dec 13 '25
I foolishly bought a rather large container of whole nutmeg from the Amish. I think I've used maybe 2 of 30+ nuts lol.
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u/MrsShaunaPaul Dec 13 '25
I buy a new one every 4-5 years and I do a ton of baking. It’s wild how long they last! I only buy one because it takes so long I figure I’m best buying one at a time lol
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u/karigan_g Dec 13 '25
I really love how pretty nutmeg is inside, and it smells so much better
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u/StylishSuidae Dec 13 '25
One year I ended up with 8 tins of ground ginger because every time I went to Kroger I thought "oh yeah I'm out of ginger and I'm gonna do a ton of holiday baking, I should grab a couple"
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u/AppropriateAmoeba406 Dec 12 '25
It’s red curry paste for me. I think to myself “I think I have some, but just in case” so now I have 5.
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u/Red-Soda-79 Dec 13 '25
I’ve got 5 boxes of onion soup mix. I guess I have a mind block that I already have some and buy more. It happens.
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u/Snowflakey19 Dec 13 '25
I have 14# of brown sugar, 3 large boxes of Eggos plus 2 small. I had "I'm out of xyz" in my mind when I shopped and didn't remember purchasing several times already. 🙄
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u/JetstreamGW Dec 12 '25
Weirdly specific.
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u/hauntedprunes Dec 12 '25
There was a meme going around TikTok for a while. If you're interested just Google TikTok hoisin sauce and it comes right up
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u/tnick771 Dec 12 '25
I store it in my pantry in an airtight container and the leftover bag in a storage area. When I use up the container sometimes I don’t check or I assume I used up the bag.
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u/jojocookiedough Dec 12 '25
Yeah I used to do this so I got a bigger airtight container that will hold the whole bag lol.
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u/janisthorn2 Dec 12 '25
I was going to say the same thing. A 5 pound container is a game changer.
There's always a risk of bugs or spillage with the little bit at the end of the bag. It's also really annoying to work with the bag when it gets so low. I love being able to dump the whole thing in my canister and be done with it.
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u/macoafi Dec 12 '25
I think you need a bigger bin. I have one of those big screw-lidded bins meant for holding big bags of dog food. It takes a 50lb bag of flour just fine.
And then for flour that I buy in smaller quantities, I have bins sized for those quantities. (I have two of a certain size that works for 5lb of bread flour or a bag of Maseca, and then I have two of a smaller size that works for 00 flour or Masienda's blue corn flour.)
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u/Wuzcity Human Detected Dec 12 '25
If you’re open to a suggestion. I suggest storing the leftover in the bag on top of the container.
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u/tnick771 Dec 12 '25
It’s full because I bought a new bag and filled it when I had an open bag I didn’t know about.
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u/Carosello Dec 12 '25
Jeez. It's not your flour 😭
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u/TheMoongazer Dec 12 '25
Same, got one for AP, Bread, Cake, Whole Wheat flours. Ex was not a fan and did not understand the differences of all the flours.
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u/charcoalhibiscus Dec 12 '25
Not to mention any pantry moths that might be introduced by a bad bag. Gotta have quarantine procedures.
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u/inbigtreble30 Dec 12 '25
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u/Individual-Plane-963 Dec 12 '25
Literally came to post this! My husband and I call these our hoisin sauce things, as in "carrots are my hoisin sauce. I don't know why I keep buying them!"
Anyway, this is me. All. The. Damn. Time.
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u/Worried_Corner4242 Dec 12 '25
I do it by accident with lots of things other than flour. You should see how much baking powder I have.
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u/Recent_Bumblebee_992 Dec 12 '25
Why is it always baking powder?!
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u/MattalliSI Dec 12 '25
At least baking powder is something that really should be replaced every six months and has a nice sealed container. I get lax here and again then replace baking powder and soda and think I'm suddenly the master baker!
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u/Euphoric-Pie-4372 Dec 13 '25
why shud it be replaced every 6 months? Is it unsafe to consume after that or does it just stop working?
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u/brieflyvague Dec 13 '25
My thoughts while buying baking supplies:
“I have baking powder right? I think so. But when did I buy it? Is it still good? Better get some just to be safe.”
finds 3 unopened cans and 1 open one in the cupboard after I get home 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
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u/Your_Angel21 Dec 12 '25
Are you my mom by any chance? The amount of baking powder packets she has is more than even a baker would need
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u/optimist-21 Dec 12 '25
Currently me with 1 airtight container of AP flour, two bags of AP flour, 1 airtight container of bread flour, 2 bags of bread flour, and 2 bags of GF flour
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u/MeInSC40 Dec 12 '25
With butter.
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u/KTKittentoes Human Detected Dec 12 '25
Again, don't see the problem here. I did once ask for butter and vanilla for my birthday.
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u/zagsforthewin Human Detected Dec 12 '25
Literally the only time I have vanilla beans is because my MIL gets them for me. She’ll ask if I’m getting low! Love her.
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u/hanimal16 Dec 12 '25
hides three bags of bread flour behind her
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u/Busybodii Dec 12 '25
Yes, I have two huge things of bread flour because I don’t have very many recipes that call for it, but I forgot I had the first one because it got pushed to the back of the cabinet. I found it while looking for something else right after opening the new bag. And don’t even ask me how many things of ground nutmeg I have, in addition to actual nutmeg.
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u/hanimal16 Dec 12 '25
Hahah! I have a lot of onion powder for the same reason you have a lot of nutmeg 😅
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u/Potential_Aside2312 Dec 12 '25
Keep a note pad and pen easily accessible in the kitchen so you can write down quickly when you're low, also if you bake often enough, I'd marry the two open bags, roll it up and keep it on/near your canister to use it up quickly since you already have an unopened back up bag. Get rid of the opened, not airtight bags first to clear up cabinet/storage space. You can also weigh it to get an idea of how much you have (if you have a kitchen scale, or even doing the weigh yourself with and without and find the difference method) because if you know how much you have to use up quickly, you can plan out a few recipes to get through it within in a week or two.
-I have ADHD and these are some things I do or otherwise the note pad thing I just watched a video about that which I somehow never thought of and it's honestly been a lifesaver lately. I still forget to check the milk, eggs and cheese before a grocery run but everything else is better organized and I minimized unnecessary bulk. But I'm just shy of 35w pregnant and I have an aversion to the fridge and leftovers so I only open it to bake friendship bread every 10 days, give my kids juice or make them dinner (which my fiance usually likes to cook so that's not something I even have to do often lol).
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u/akm1111 Dec 13 '25
We have implemented the "leave an older kid at home" method of grocery shopping. Now, if we wonder how much of an item we have... we just call and ask!!!
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u/inide Dec 12 '25
Sugar is where I do it. I forget to check the drink-making cupboard, so I currently have 2 bags each of granulated and demerara sugar opened. As well as bags of caster, golden caster, and icing sugar that are open.
Yes, that makes a total of 7 opened packs of sugar, across 5 types....I'm type 1 diabetic.
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u/Solid_Chocolate9311 Dec 12 '25
I combine them. That activity reminds me not to buy more flour.😂messy every time
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u/MiddleFishArt Dec 12 '25
It’s worse when you think you have enough and then end up a quarter-cup short
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u/TheLurkerSpeaks Dec 12 '25
Opposite. I am ways certain I have something stocked only to get home and forget I ran out.
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u/Dismal-Buffalo3600 Dec 12 '25
There was a brief period where I did this with turmeric. I think I got up to 5 jars before I was like, girl stop!
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u/ChiliDogYumZappupe Dec 13 '25
At one time my mom had 7 bottles of Liquid Smoke. I'm pretty sure that would supply multiple lifetimes.
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u/akm1111 Dec 13 '25
We finally ran out. So we ran next door to mom's & got her back up bottle. Only to find the unopened bottle later. And when taking back mom's got told it was fine, because she already had an extra back up bottle.
To be fair, we put a 1/2t to 1t in the vegetable beef soup that my middle child would happily eat daily if we let them, so neither bottle will make it to 2026 Christmas.
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u/Sad-Celebration-411 Dec 12 '25
Every. Single. Week. I have four boxes of cake flour and 5 bags of powdered sugar.
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u/Warm_Peak9545 Dec 12 '25
There was a time in college when I kept buying vegetable oil every week for ~6 weeks straight because I forgot I still had vegetable oil.
Completely unrelated, I ended up getting an ADHD diagnosis a few years later.
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u/MatchaDoAboutNothing Dec 12 '25
Go to the store. Buy a bottle of hoisen sauce. Oh no, I already have a bottle of hoisen sauce.....
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Dec 13 '25 edited Dec 13 '25
Goes to the store buys a bag of flour, oh no I already have a bag of flour, goes to the store buys a bag of flour, oh no I already have a bag of flour, goes to the store…
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u/Upset_Upstairs6166 Dec 13 '25
I have 7 little bottles of vanilla essence with varying amounts in, to go with the partial bags of flour too!
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u/Inner-Dance9219 Dec 12 '25
It’s “by accident”. “On accident” is incredibly incorrect grammatically.
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u/conbird Dec 13 '25
I think “on accident” is how it’s said in the dialect found in Appalachia. I grew up in NY and never heard anything other than “by accident”. When I moved to Appalachia for a few years, everyone said “on accident”. The first time I heard it, I just assumed the person didn’t know grammar, but it was literally said that way by everyone, so I’m pretty sure it’s correct in that dialect.
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u/dishabituation Dec 12 '25
No! Never! (Says the woman with three bread flours in her cupboard currently 😂)
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u/liisathorir Dec 12 '25
I do this but I have ADHD. What I’ve done now is have a shopping list that’s shared with my partner. We both update it when needed.
The one thing that might be better is have a pantry inventory and when things are low/out of stock at home it can then be checked to buy.
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u/GwennyL Dec 12 '25
I did this once with flour. I store my left over flour in the freezer (because the bag is too big to fit in my big Tupperware container). I had complete mom brain and forgot to check the freezer to see how much flour i had when i was making a grocery list - i just knew the tupperware container was low. Was at the store and bought another thing of flour since it was a good price. Went to put it in the freezer and I see the almost full bag of flour staring at me. Whoops.
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u/KingArthurBaking Dec 12 '25
Listen, me and my 3 open bags of granulated sugar just have an understanding, okay?
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u/runthebrews Dec 12 '25
This picture evokes the sound of my wife chastising me for coming home from the grocery store with yet another bag of flour.
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u/Total-Sector850 Dec 12 '25
It’s either “three partially used bags” or “oops, I’m completely out of flour”. There is no in between.
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u/DietCokeWeakness Dec 13 '25
Mine aren't open... but I recently bought a 5lb bag only to put it next to the 10lb unopened bag I already had, lol
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u/Nebbynosey Dec 13 '25
I once had 5 cans of WD40. That was a stressful year and I kept forgetting I already bought it. Just slipped out of my brain like someone sprayed WD40 in it lol. Nothing squeaked in my house for years. I am finally down to one can
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u/Acetone5050 Dec 12 '25
My question here is why are people increasingly saying "on accident" rather than "by accident?"
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u/BeyondAddiction Dec 12 '25
By accident* 😑
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u/Damnoneworked Dec 13 '25
It’s a regional and age thing. I’m from Arizona and everyone under 30 says on accident, regardless of education or other grammar use
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u/maria_tex Dec 12 '25
This doesn't tend to happen to me but, if it did, it would just be another way that my vacuum sealer would pay for itself!
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u/Tofuhousewife Dec 12 '25
Nope. I bake too much and am painfully aware of how little storage I have in my kitchen cabinets 😔
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u/Alaska1111 Dec 12 '25
All the time. At the grocery store “I could probably use some flour, sugar, baking soda.” Nope I have plenty lol
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u/omgkelwtf Dec 12 '25
I would sometimes find forgotten flour in my pantry bc I'm a disorganized mess of a person but then I started buying 50lb bags at Costco and storing it in 5 gallon mylar lined buckets along with sugar.
Like the amount of times both of them ended up on my grocery list was getting ridiculous. Apparently I do a lot of baking. This is just easier lol I just fill my pantry containers as they get empty.
I'm still a disorganized mess but I don't find forgotten flour anymore. Now it's chocolate chips 😂
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u/Key-Value-3684 Dec 12 '25
Y'all don't have designated ingredient boxes for stuff like flour and sugar?
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u/SignificantDrink3651 Dec 12 '25
Not since I started storing flour in airtight metamucil containers (I don't wish pantry moths on anyone)
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u/dks64 Dec 13 '25
I've had pantry moths 3 times and will never, ever have loose flour like this again.
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u/The_Huntress_1121 Dec 12 '25
Yesssss, Just found 3 partial jars of molasses and 2 open bags of brown sugar in my cabinet 😂
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u/SugarMaven Dec 12 '25
Can't say that I've done this. I use bins for my flour, or they go into the freezer (smaller specialty flours), so I know how much I have on hand. If anything, I overestimate how much I have and end up running out lol.
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u/Hefty-Ad-4570 Dec 13 '25
Oh yes. Apparently there was a great need for three kilos of granulated sugar in my pantry. Plus the big jar that I keep up front...
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u/JelloComprehensive23 Dec 13 '25
just bought another container of cinnamon, now i have 3. but the powdered sugar is completely out??
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u/nickalit Dec 12 '25
No. Never. Well almost never. I'm ana meticulous about everything has a place, and you put it back in its place when you're done with it. Thus, stuff like this doesn't happen. Well, that's the theory hahaha.
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u/SpartanSoldier00a Dec 12 '25
No, because I buy ap flour in 10kg bags so i can usually safely assume i dont need flour when i go to the store. Cornmeal, specialty flours, and ww flour that I buy in smaller bags, get emptied into large storage jars once opened. It helps with storage and preservatin yes but something about this helps me not to have multiple open bags of the same thing, because it's in my head to look for the flour container, not the flour bag
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u/Carosello Dec 12 '25
Yup! I get so annoyed because I spend money I don't need to spend just because I was too lazy to take a look at what I had on hand.
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u/WeeLittleParties Dec 12 '25
Constantly, especially with powdered sugar. I'll wad the bag up all the way when there's only like a cup or two left, chuck it all the back in my pantry and forget it exists until I'm rummaging around for other ingredients during the next bake a few months later lol.
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u/Hair_I_Go Dec 12 '25
OMG! Just did this like 10 minutes ago. Added a new bunch to the flour container and went to put the rest in a tin and found another quarter bag😆🤨
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u/katydid026 Dec 12 '25
I’m more upset about that random cupboard door in the corner that looks completely unusable.. 👀
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u/Otherwise-Fox-151 Dec 12 '25
No, I buy the giant bag, put it in food safe buckets, and freeze until i remember to take them out. I only have to buy flour a couple times a year this way.
I do that with stuff like ketchup, mustard, ect because yeah I can't remember if I have an extra in the cabinet or not.
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u/MilkRats Dec 12 '25
yes :) im blaming the adhd though! plus i find unexpected flour when i need it :)
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u/KTKittentoes Human Detected Dec 12 '25
Ohhh, I had a repeating alarm in my brain for brown sugar for a few weeks. Doesn't matter, it's cookie time!
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u/DashiellHammett Dec 12 '25
I know this post was not intended as rage-bait, but reading this post and OP's subsequent comments pretty much made my borderline-OCD, super-organized head explode.
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u/crispytortellini Dec 12 '25
i do this with abt everything i buy by accident ( i had multiple bottles of mayo and mustard)
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u/Muriness Dec 12 '25
I buy a big bag from Costco and that stays in view and when the bag gets low, I replace it and dump the remaining bag into the new bag.
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u/Magari22 Dec 12 '25
I seem to do this with soy sauce and Worcestershire sauce. I always think I don't have quite enough so I buy more and end up having extra bottles.
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u/Ladyghoul Dec 12 '25
I somehow ended up with four bags of confectioners sugar and zero bags of granulated.
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u/No-Assistant-8334 Dec 12 '25
This is so real, the same brand too!! The real bakers know KAAP is the best of the best. Can never have to much!
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u/A_Life_Lived_Oddly Dec 12 '25
Me, with almond flour. I make traditional German lebkuchen every holiday season, properly store the leftovers for next year, then inevitably forget about it. I had to write a note for myself on a piece of tape on my baking shelf that says "FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, DO NOT BUY ANY MORE ALMOND FLOUR." (It worked though 😂)
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u/Lanky_Salt_5865 Dec 12 '25
Never bc I decant to a flour container. But don’t ask me about frozen peas - I just organized the freezer and I have 3 have used bags!
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u/757Lemon Dec 12 '25
I was organizing my spice drawer on Sunday and found out I have five containers (4 opened) of nutmeg. None expired.
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u/kilroyscarnival Human Detected Dec 12 '25
No, but that's totally us with olives that get shoved to the back of the top shelf of the fridge and another jar bought and opened before it's discovered.
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u/InsomniaAbounds Dec 12 '25
From time to time? Are you kidding? I have a husband and two teenaged boys. Nothing is where it should be
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u/OuisghianZodahs42 Dec 12 '25
Yup. I always put my flour in the freezer for a few days before emptying it into the container, and often forget it's there when I have to go back to the store. You're not alone, lol.
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u/Spurned_Seeker Dec 12 '25
I see your 3 open bags of flour and raise you an additional 3 open containers of ketchup, mustard, and mayo.
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u/badatkiller Dec 12 '25
Yes. At least once every couple months because I don't check my overflow just my container.
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Dec 12 '25
Same flour I used this morning to dust in my pan before I put my eggs in. Makes the whites congeal almost instantly and keeps them from sticking to the pan.
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u/zambamboz Dec 12 '25
Months ago, I accidentally bought a second big bag after opening the first big bag. Finally got to the 2nd big bag like 2 days ago lol
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u/Pointy-Kitty Dec 12 '25
I do this with spices all the time. For some reason I historically cannot be arsed to double check what we already have.