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| Maureenbrickoven |
Posted - Mar 05 2010 : 6:58:14 PM
I don't make these or sell them myself but I do use them. I have a small bakery on our farm. My husband grows wheat and I grind it in two Country Living grain mills mounted on an old Schwinn exercise bike. I have to do about 75 pounds per week to supply the bakery. I bake the bread in a wood-fired brick oven I built with some help from my husband. I do about 60 loaves each week. I've tried several grain mills over the years and I have to say the CL are the best for a fine grind and ease of use. |
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| KD Earthwork |
Posted - Mar 11 2010 : 9:16:26 PM
Hi Maureen and Everyone,
We built a large wood fired brick oven last summer and enjoy it so much and making naturally leavened bread.Tonite we roasted chicken and lamb shanks in it with a smoky fire going to give them a smoked flavor.We will bake bread again Saturday. I'm starting to email all my friends to come bake bread or pies or roasts or soups or beans and in a few days good for drying fruits and veggies without power.Then yogurt etc. we're still amazed by all the possibilities. We built an 40"x48" one it's based on an Alan Scott design plans. It's super well insulated so keeps gradually reducing the heat over many days, three to four, then maybe 100 degrees next few days.
I've read about flour being " aged", that "fresh" flour will not have the same gluten activity. What do you know about this Maureen? Wonderful image grinding the flour on a bike.
Katie
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| wooliespinner |
Posted - Mar 10 2010 : 5:57:28 PM
I have one of those mills too, plus an electric mill that sounds like a jet....lol.I don't grind anything but wheat in the elctric one. I use the hand mill for corn, wheat and other stuff.I just use my arm and never thought of hooking up a bike..........hmmm. Sounds like a great idea to me. I have been grinding wheat and making our bread now for 29 years. I use wheat that I buy from Montana wheat....its called Prairie gold. I buy it in 50 lbs bags from the local Amish community. They are kind enough to order it for me.
The stone cloches......never heard of those. Where can I find those so I could see a picture of them? That sounds really neat. How does your bread turn out when you cook in them?
Linda
Raspberry Run Farm
Nubian Dairy Goats |
| remembrance farmgirl |
Posted - Mar 10 2010 : 07:55:03 AM
I can almost smell the bread baking....ahhhhhh
C
I will work harder! |
| Mumof3 |
Posted - Mar 09 2010 : 05:08:26 AM
Welcome, Maureen. I'm a CL grain mill owner as well and I love it! Right now it is in my room waiting for a new kitchen island to be built for it. Maybe I'd better leave room for a bike, then I would definitely make more bread! Which would mean I would have to get on the bike more.....;) I just think it's awesome that you have a bakery at your farm. I bet everyone just loves it.
Karin
www.perfectlittlemiracle.blogspot.com
www.athreadofred.blogspot.com |
| Candy C. |
Posted - Mar 09 2010 : 04:41:18 AM
Very cool Maureen! Loved the story!
Candy C.
Farmgirl Sister #977
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| Lynner |
Posted - Mar 08 2010 : 04:39:01 AM
Maureen,
I too am very impressed. This last year we have been baking bread in stone cloches in order to have the same effect of wood fired bread, with the hope of building a wood fired oven on our urban farm. We are not allowed to have an inspected kitchen here because we are within the city limits. However, we had already aqcuired the necessary clay and rock, and still plan to build an oven for ourselves. You are actually doing what we have dreamed of doing. That is so cool! We now are using a bakery and baking in six stone cloches at a time. We sell our bread at the Farmers market. I would love to see your operation.
Good for you,
Sheri
Deeperrootsfarm.etsy.com
The best fertilizer for a farm, are the farmers footsteps... |
| antoinette |
Posted - Mar 06 2010 : 4:04:38 PM
Wow Maureen I am impressed, I love to exercise and that would be right up my alley
if I made bread. Toni |
| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Mar 06 2010 : 11:16:07 AM
Ok that did not work for me. Just google Country Living grain mill and got o the hooking up your mill to a bike page.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Mar 06 2010 : 11:14:14 AM
I went to http://countrylivinggrainmill.com/index.php?action=articles&which=bike.txt and there she is on her bike! How cool that is. It shows exactly how to hook up an excercise bike to the grain mill. That is a very handy contraption. Thanks for sharing, Maureen. I hope this link works for ya'll.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
| Maureenbrickoven |
Posted - Mar 06 2010 : 10:41:36 AM
Hi, I tried to respond to Kristin Sherrill's questions. I will try again. The Country Living mill isn't loud; I don't use a motor, just muscle power, but I've talked on the phone while grinding it, back when I powered it with my arms and now when I use the bike. I always ask the person to whom I'm talking if it is a bother and then act accordingly. Re the link, do a search for Country Living Grain Mills and you'll find it. One thing I did back when I used my arms to power it--I made up an exercise routine to do while grinding. I stood on one leg and ground so many rounds, then the other leg, then both legs, then one arm,then the other, then from the other side, etc. Tried to build core strength and balance while getting some work done! And when the kids were younger and liked watching the flour build up we enjoyed making avalanches happen in the receiving bowl. I miss those days! |
| Maureenbrickoven |
Posted - Mar 06 2010 : 10:28:24 AM
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Originally posted by kristin sherrill
Hey Maureen. Welcome to the forum! Your little bakery doesn't sound very little making that much bread every week. That's a lot of bread. Do you make other things too?
I grind grain also and make bread. I have the Whisper Mill grinder. It is not quiet. It sounds like a jet airplane! I have had it about 10 years now and am in need of a better one. Is this one quiet? And do you have a link where I could go see it?
Kris
Happiness is simple.
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| Maureenbrickoven |
Posted - Mar 06 2010 : 10:25:32 AM
How does one post photographs to this space? |
| jpbluesky |
Posted - Mar 06 2010 : 07:07:48 AM
Your bakery sounds so interesting! Especially your Schwinn invention! I would love to see photos. And welcome!
Farmgirl Sister # 31
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| Ms.Lilly |
Posted - Mar 06 2010 : 06:49:22 AM
Welcome Maureen-I too am a fellow Country Living owner and wouldn't trade it for anything!
Lillian |
| naturemaiden |
Posted - Mar 06 2010 : 05:45:39 AM
Welcome Maureen!
That is awesome! I love homemade bread. I'd love to see pics of the wood brick oven and bike.
Connie
www.NatureMaiden.com -Handcrafted Bath & Body Products that I make myself- including soaps, salves, lotion bars, lip balms, natural deodorants, body sprays, hydrosols, salt scrubs, and MUCH more!
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Mar 06 2010 : 05:24:31 AM
Hey Maureen. Welcome to the forum! Your little bakery doesn't sound very little making that much bread every week. That's a lot of bread. Do you make other things too?
I grind grain also and make bread. I have the Whisper Mill grinder. It is not quiet. It sounds like a jet airplane! I have had it about 10 years now and am in need of a better one. Is this one quiet? And do you have a link where I could go see it?
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
