How many grind your own flour and where do you buy the grains?

[me&thegals]

We buy or barter for hard wheat from DH's cousins. The winter wheat we grow is a soft wheat and perfect for WW pastry flour. Do you have any farmers in your area? I would try to find some grain farmers and see if they have any clean wheat you could buy in bulk. It would be likely to be MUCH cheaper than anywhere else.

 

[terri9630]

I have been using a Victorio hand crank grain mill. It was a gift (I think it was ~$60) but so far it has been great. I do not grind my flour all the time..sometimes I do miss just all-white all purpose flour, but I do like to use half and half now. I get my wheat from either the natural foods store or another store that sells wheat berries in bulk, I forget how much it costs per pound but it is not that bad, maybe .50. I have a hard time finding hard spring white berries locally though.

I bought the Victorio mill and it works fine. $59 was much better than $500!

 

[nmred]

I do not like to buy grains online. They are so heavy you pay a fortune for shipping. It is much better to try and find it locally if you can. Usually fresher, too.

No one has mentioned the Golden Grain mill (goldengraingrinder.com). I am planning on purchasing one of these in the next week or so. I have burned up a Whisper (now Wonder) mill, and a NutriMill. This one seems to be very well made and should last more than the 4 years the others have. At least I hope so. It is more expensive, but if it lasts like they say, it will be worth it. And it has an optional hand-crank attachment to use in emergencies.

I read about all you folks who use the hand grinders with wonder. A half-hour for 4 cups--EEEKK!! Since I grind enough for a triple batch (9 loaves) at a time, it would take me 5-6 hours just to grind the grain! No way that's going to happen. I will use my electric mill, thank you very much.

 

[terri9630]

I do not like to buy grains online. They are so heavy you pay a fortune for shipping. It is much better to try and find it locally if you can. Usually fresher, too.

No one has mentioned the Golden Grain mill (goldengraingrinder.com). I am planning on purchasing one of these in the next week or so. I have burned up a Whisper (now Wonder) mill, and a NutriMill. This one seems to be very well made and should last more than the 4 years the others have. At least I hope so. It is more expensive, but if it lasts like they say, it will be worth it. And it has an optional hand-crank attachment to use in emergencies.

I read about all you folks who use the hand grinders with wonder. A half-hour for 4 cups--EEEKK!! Since I grind enough for a triple batch (9 loaves) at a time, it would take me 5-6 hours just to grind the grain! No way that's going to happen. I will use my electric mill, thank you very much.

That's why I pay the kids to grind it!

 

[Pirtykitty]

Bishops Store house has wheat if there is one close to you.. you can get it in # 10 cans and 25 lb bags .. I have also ordered from www.beprepared.com when they run a special.. also when the provident living specialist let us know when we can place a bulk order through church we all go together and order from walton feed. We save a lot on shipping that way.. and also get discount because people from all over the area are ordering not just LDS..

I grind my own wheat, cornmeal, and cream of wheat.. I use pop corn to make my corn mea.. a 4 lb bag of pop corn gives me 13 cups of corn meal..