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 via Mercedes 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 > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> 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 >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> 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 >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
