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| sqrl |
Posted - Jun 24 2005 : 08:52:39 AM
I would really like to get a seed grinder and or grain grinder. I think I want a hand powered grinder because I feel like may be it will last longer then electric. I don't know much about the subject, I just know I keep coming across things that I want to make that would be a lot easier with a seed grinder. Can I get a seed and a grain grinder in one? Does anyone have experience with this? I believe that my husband found an electric one on line that is German made and seemed really good. What do ya think?
Blessed Be
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| Rosemary |
Posted - Sep 07 2005 : 3:02:04 PM
Hi, ya'll. I was searching for info in our forums about grinding wheat and this thread appeared. I know it's been put to rest, but I'm kicking it outta bed, if'n you don't mind :-)
At the urging of a friend, I recently acquired an interesting book entitled "Nourishing Traditions." I can't say that I've absorbed the book's message yet, or that I'll buy into it 100% when I do, but it stresses the advantages of grinding one's own wheat flour in so persuasive a way that I'm tempted to start turning my nose up at store-bought flour -- even "the good stuff."
The book recommends a stone grinder from Lehman's. If it's the one I think it is, it costs over $600, so, sorry folks, that's out! There's a more affordable one made of cast iron that has the added advantages, according to Lehman's, of not adding stone to the resulting flour (euuuw!) and being better for grinding oil-producing stuff, such as nuts and sunflower seeds, should I ever wish to do that. There's a really inexpensive grinder that might do, but a lot of it is plastic, which seems about as sensible as using an internal combustion engine to make a statue of Rachel Carson light up, spin around, and sing "Love Child." All three gadgets are manually operated, which I like for pretty much the same reason I don't like plastic. Can anyone offer advice about the stone-versus-iron issue, and even more than that, on whether grinding one's own wheat makes sense when you have to buy the wheat from somebody you don't know? We don't grow wheat around here, y'see.
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| Kim |
Posted - Jul 16 2005 : 09:19:58 AM
Mother Earth News just recently had an article on the best seed and grain grinders, hand and powered. It should be archived on their website.
farmgirl@heart
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jul 12 2005 : 9:51:10 PM
please remember that if you want to grind very oily seeds like sunflower seeds you will need to get a manual grinder with stainless steel instead of stones, which can get gummed up with some things.
Jenny in Utah
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| MaryMoon |
Posted - Jul 12 2005 : 6:37:50 PM
many of us use sprouted wheat flour from seeds we sprout ourselves then dry and grind. many people who will only use a manual one. the heat from the electric kills all nutrients in the sprouts.
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jun 24 2005 : 6:23:45 PM
for grinding wheat and corn and like that I use my electric whisper mill now. I used a hand grinder for years and years and years (a Corona) and loved it until I used the electric one.
Jenny in Utah
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