I use a lot of flour at this time of year when making my salt dough, and for many years I have used the more expensive stuff, as I find that it works better (for me, anyway). Well it's just gone up about 25%. One of the supermarkets had an offer on the two main brands, and I just managed to get the last 4 bags of the one I like. I saw a guy going out with a trolley full of it! It used to be about 70p a bag earlier this year, then it went to about 85p, and now it's over £1.

As regards the explosive nature of flour - read "Monstrous Regiment" by Terry Pratchett!

Andrea