I'm pretty sure that 1 lb. of grain yields 1 lb. of flour. I weigh out the
grain and only mill as much as I use for the recipe so the flour is fresh. On
the Kitchenaid brand of mill I was never able to get really fine flour. With
the FGM I run it through once to crack the grain, then 3X at the finest
setting. Because whole grains have less gluten, I add gluten to my recipe. Some
other list members have other brand mills as I recall.
Milling grain to make a large loaf takes about 20 min. during which time I can
gather other ingredients. Once everything is in the machine I only need to slit
the top of the dough just before the baking starts, then dump out the loaf on a
rack when it's done.
It's worth it for me because I can't find real whole grain bread with a
significant portion of rye commercially, and certainly none that are as fresh
and as good as what I make.
G.
-Original Message-
From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dan Penoff
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Sent: Monday, March 30, 2020 11:25 AM
To: Okie Benz
Cc: Dan Penoff
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Eats?
Just out of curiosity, how much grain does it take to produce a cup or pound of
flour? I’ve seen the grain mills before, but was concerned about it being far
more effort than it was worth.
-D
> On Mar 30, 2020, at 2:19 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> I found a couple of older commercial models on CL, one is mine and one I gave
> to a son. They are 100% duty cycle and are legal for trade. My grain mill is
> the Family Grain Mill made in Germany. If you enjoy whole grain flour,
> freshness is critical. The flour degrades quickly; whole grain kernels stay
> fresh much longer. My wheat comes in tins from the LDS store, the rye I put
> up in vacuum sealed canning jars and use up in 6 mos. or so.
>
> Greg
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dan Penoff
> via Mercedes
> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2020 10:53 AM
> To: Okie Benz
> Cc: Dan Penoff
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Eats?
>
> After 20+ years of use, we just retired our KSM90 KitchenAid stand mixer
> (tilt head) and moved up to the larger 6 quart bowl lift model. That thing
> will rip your arm off, given the opportunity. I only wish the bowls would sit
> flat on the counter. Fortunately, all of the PTO driven accessories work with
> both, so we were able to keep those. Never got a grain mill, but have a
> grinder and pasta maker.
>
> -D
>
>> On Mar 30, 2020, at 1:25 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
>> wrote:
>>
>> I'm giving the InstantPot a lot of use, along with the KitchenAid Stand
>> mixer and grain mill, not to mention the Panasonic bread machine. I made a
>> great beef pot roast, whole grain bread, steel cut oats, and hard-boiled
>> eggs. I've discovered dried Calabrese chilies for the pot roast are amazing.
>>
>> Greg
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Curt
>> Raymond via Mercedes
>> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2020 8:51 AM
>> To: Mercedes Discussion List
>> Cc: Curt Raymond
>> Subject: [MBZ] OT: Eats?
>>
>> What are you folks eating during your time in, or are you ordering out?
>> Today marks 16 days since we've eaten out. I see a lot of the facebookers
>> complaining about gaining weight eating at home but I've moved down to the
>> last hole on my belt.
>> We've been working through some of the cabinets, yesterday Angie made
>> chicken soup and added in some leftover venison sausage. She's really into
>> the venison sausage, I think we've already eaten 4 packages.
>> Other than that we discovered a jerk sauce on moose steak which is really
>> spicy and really good...
>> Friday I made a pork pot roast that was really good. I made popovers to go
>> with that. I really love popovers.
>>
>> -Curt
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