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| coloquilter |
Posted - Sep 25 2010 : 9:18:18 PM
Hello All,
My Son-in-law has assigned me the task of researching grain mills. My Daughter is interested in milling her own flour for baking.
I have found that the mills range greatly in price. I am looking at a mill accessory for her Kitchenaid mixer, but they have mixed reviews. Any advise? Hand crank ?? Electric??
Thanks
Susan |
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| Mama Jewel |
Posted - Oct 31 2010 : 8:35:38 PM
For affordability, customer service, good reviews & versatility, I got the Jr. Wondermill hand crank. I've owned it since the summer & have only ground red wheat berries to make my own flour, but I love it. I attach it onto our kitchen table easily. It's easy to attach to the table and easy to change the stone burrs (one's for dry grains & the other is for oily, for making your own peanut butter). I like non-electric items, so that's why I went with the hand grain model. Have fun researching!
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| Rivergirl_2007 |
Posted - Oct 31 2010 : 7:03:02 PM
Be sure to decide what you will mill. I looked around and found that many do not mill corn and I really wanted to do that. However, I did not research enough. The one I have does mill all types of wheat, etc and does corn, but it makes corn flour and I wanted to have coarser results (corn meal). |
| N@n |
Posted - Oct 05 2010 : 10:08:30 AM
Gotta say, I wish we had gotten our grain mill years ago. The bread you bake from freshly ground whole wheat is nothing like whole wheat bread made from "shelved" flour. Soft and delicious. When making pizza crust, the dough is stretchy and wonderful. We love this and will never go back to store bought flour.
keep searchin'-it's out there somewhere. |
| Montrose Girl |
Posted - Sep 26 2010 : 06:02:09 AM
Wow, I'm hoping to go here to. I found a company that sells whole Buckwheat and the best part, the have Mary Jane as a link on their website!!
Best Growing |
| Ms.Lilly |
Posted - Sep 26 2010 : 05:46:02 AM
4 words- Country Living Grain Mill! Made in the USA and EXCELLENT customer service. You can either use as a hand crank or add a motor. DH built a small stand and added the motor for me. This is not a small unit that can be put away in the cupbord, but worth every penny. I have had mine for about 4 years and have milled everything in it from wheat berries to black beans. When I was doing my research I didn't find anything good about the kitchen aid grain mill attachment at least you found mixed reviews. Also if you are off grid and wish to "crank" out the grain a little faster you can easily hook this mill up to a stationary bike and get exercise and food at the same time. Also if you contact the company they may have imperfect or returned ones to sell at a discounted price.
Lillian |
| vegetarian farmer |
Posted - Sep 26 2010 : 04:32:00 AM
I have been using my vita-mix with the dry blade to grind grains. It works well and you can use the vita-mix for 1000 other things in the kitchen. That said I just fell in love with the Grainmaker mill, hand crank. I got a chance to use it and it is very smooth and made in the USA. Hand crank appeals to me because we are going off grid, but it all matters how much work you want to do to grind the grain.
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