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    Free's bread thread....quest for the perfect 100% whole wheat recipes

    I normally get half again as much flour as i put in. so, if i want 4 cups, i will usually grind around 3 cups of berries and that will give me enough if my dough is too wet, etc. with my recipe, it calls for 8 cups of flour and grind 5.5 cups of berries and i almost always have at least a 1/2...
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    I Need to use up Self Rising Flour

    you can also use SR flour to make homemade dumplins or homemade noodles... it doesn't really affect it too much and i have used SR flour in a pinch many a time and nobody could tell a difference. to make use one cup flour and one egg with enough water/broth to make a soft dough, roll out and...
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    bread making

    i get my SAF instant yeast through the Country Life Natural Foods co-op www.clnf.org and i pay 3 dollars for a 1 lb sealed brick of it...
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    Stocking up?? How is everyone?

    i went out today and restocked up my coffee supply, salt (just four boxes because i plan on ordering 50 pounds of it on my next co-op order at the end of March), toilet paper, several 2 lb bags of pintos, lima, great northern, navy, and black beans because it is cheaper at the generic brand...
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    how do you store your bulk grain?

    what i do is buy the gamma seal lids to go on my 5 lb buckets. it keeps humidity, bugs and everything out and is easy to get on and off once installed on the bucket. it will take 2 5 lb buckets to store 50 lb of wheat.
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    Where do you all buy bulk?

    Please CALL Country Life Natural Foods www.clnf.org I am looking at my book and it shows a tetnative drop point in Iowa every other month. you need a 500 dollar order to get on the route. our group has several people in it. there is no joining fee, there is no delivery fee, no tax, etc. what...
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    got a grain mill, now what ????

    i get my grain from Country Life Natural Foods www.clnf.org and they have delivery routes all over. i love their products and get all my grains, rice, nuts, yeast, gluten flour, granolas as a treat, spices and my Evoo from them.
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    got my new grain mill, why I chose the nutrimill

    this is a copy/paste from www.pleasanthillgrains.com website which is where i bought by Nutrimill: Lifetime Manufacturer's Warranty: This great warranty includes the Nutrimill's stainless steel milling heads! The Nutrimill is made in Korea by L'Equip of Salt Lake City, Utah. so it looks like...
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    oklahoma here!!!

    I'm in the Skiatook/Owasso area (NE Oklahoma) YEAH!
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    got my new grain mill, why I chose the nutrimill

    i have the nutrimill and the only time you will have "dust" is if you don't get the flour container lid on securely...and then you will know it as soon as you turn it on :) i only did that once!
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    storing your bulk foods

    i don't do mylar bags and absorbers. i just use the gamma seal lids and i have had no problems with my grains at all.
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    Need advice on my fever!

    raw garlic is a great antiviral and antibacterial. any time any of us get the sickies or start out with a fever, i start dosing with garlic. take a clove of garlic, crush it and peel it and dice it up, then smoosh it around on the cutting board flattening it out and it will make a paste. tear...
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    Soft Red Winter Wheat...For Baking What...?

    soft wheat (either red or white - determines flavor only) can be used for anything that does not require yeast....so you can use it for quick breads, cakes, muffins, gravy, popovers, cornbread, to bread meats with, etc....the red will have a stronger "nutty/wheat" flavor, where as the white has...
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    Help me choose my next chickens

    you need some speckled eggs...so i would get you a couple of Welsummers....unless you get a certain blood line, you normally won't get the terra cotta colored eggs from the Wellies, but you will most probably get the speckled. My wellies just started laying and i am LOVING the speckled...
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    Free's bread thread....quest for the perfect 100% whole wheat recipes

    Yup, i have four packages of it in my deep freezer right now, unopened. When i open a package of it, i immediately pour it into a quart sized mason jar with a plastic lid and i store it in the door of my side by side freezer in my kitchen. this is how i have always done it. i would think it...
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