...be sure to seal it tightly in a ziploc bag!
Otherwise the post office goes a little crazy when they see "white powder" leaking out of the box.
The story from my end:
Kathy (KJBrown) from this board offered to mail me some light buckwheat flour. I knew she sent it out last Friday. So on Monday afternoon, my doorbell rings and it's our mail-carrier-lady at the door. She hands me a box and says, "Your package created quite a stir down at the post office. It had to be quarantined and tested because there was white powder leaking out." She points to the taped bottom edge of the box where there is a bunch of white powder caught up in the clear packing tape.
Feeling like I'm being accused of something terrible, I quickly say "Oh my gosh! It's just buckwheat flour. I can't have regular wheat so my friend got my some buckwheat flour from Maine!"
Mail-carrier-lady says, "Yeah, that's what the lab report said. Flour." She points to Kathy's name and return address on the label and says, "As far as I know, most Anthrax terrorists don't use a return address." She seems very amused by the whole thing.
She then asks if I'm gluten-intolerant, and proceeds to stand on my front porch for half an hour telling me all about her medical problems and how she's being tested for gluten intolerance, and asking me what I eat, etc. I try to tell her everything useful I can think to tell her about gluten intolerance and allergies and leaky gut and digestive enzymes and so on. I can't help but think that there are no coincidences, and maybe the whole purpose of the flour leaking out was for me to have this conversation with this women, to help her.
Kathy will have to tell you the story from her end. We have been laughing all week about the leaky flour box.
Otherwise the post office goes a little crazy when they see "white powder" leaking out of the box.
The story from my end:
Kathy (KJBrown) from this board offered to mail me some light buckwheat flour. I knew she sent it out last Friday. So on Monday afternoon, my doorbell rings and it's our mail-carrier-lady at the door. She hands me a box and says, "Your package created quite a stir down at the post office. It had to be quarantined and tested because there was white powder leaking out." She points to the taped bottom edge of the box where there is a bunch of white powder caught up in the clear packing tape.
Feeling like I'm being accused of something terrible, I quickly say "Oh my gosh! It's just buckwheat flour. I can't have regular wheat so my friend got my some buckwheat flour from Maine!"
Mail-carrier-lady says, "Yeah, that's what the lab report said. Flour." She points to Kathy's name and return address on the label and says, "As far as I know, most Anthrax terrorists don't use a return address." She seems very amused by the whole thing.
She then asks if I'm gluten-intolerant, and proceeds to stand on my front porch for half an hour telling me all about her medical problems and how she's being tested for gluten intolerance, and asking me what I eat, etc. I try to tell her everything useful I can think to tell her about gluten intolerance and allergies and leaky gut and digestive enzymes and so on. I can't help but think that there are no coincidences, and maybe the whole purpose of the flour leaking out was for me to have this conversation with this women, to help her.
Kathy will have to tell you the story from her end. We have been laughing all week about the leaky flour box.
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Awesome story! I can't wait to hear from Kathy!
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