[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by asianthree

Your wife honors her family past and present, by carrying on a tradition, pasted down many generations.
Our grandchildren, spend a week every year in the kitchen with their grandmother, learning to make traditional Vietnamese dishes. Each year they improve learning how to hand mill flour, traditional kimchi, and try as they will a tighter spring roll. Our granddaughter fiancé is Chinese, so she is adding a second layer of Asian cuisine from her future in-law. I add in Native American traditional healing herbs to keep healthy, using a flat stone to grind things from the garden.

Now I just need to teach that her nose will tell her when to turn the fried chicken, not time on a clock. Grits are a day long process, that time is passed by story telling.My great granny would be proud southern roots are alive and well.

[Rainger99]

Is there a club for this?

[asianthree]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

Is there a club for this?

Asian American clubs but, one needs to be a member

[Toymeister]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

Is there a club for this?

A club for what? the topic; milling flour or the hijacks, Thai desserts or Vietnamese dishes?

[Rainger99]

Originally Posted by Toymeister

A club for what? the topic; milling flour or the hijacks, Thai desserts or Vietnamese dishes?

The main point- milling flour and baking.

[David_H]

Originally Posted by Toymeister

Is anyone into milling wheat or other grains?

The advantage is taste. Unlike store bought whole wheat flour there is no risk of the flour becoming rancid.

I've been milling my own grain and baking my own bread for several years.

[Rainger99]

Originally Posted by David_H

I've been milling my own grain and baking my own bread for several years.

Does it taste THAT much better than using Gold Medal or King Arthur?

And where do you get the wheat?

[Toymeister]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

The main point- milling flour and baking.

While I am confident that there are cooking clubs, I haven't heard of a milling club.

It appears that there are a few of us here do you have some questions that we can tackle? Recipes, equipment, or sources for grain questions, for example.

[Toymeister]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

Does it taste THAT much better than using Gold Medal or King Arthur?

And where do you get the wheat?

It is nutter, fresher, more flavor in general.

There are a variety of wheat strains each with its own characteristics. You can get the first wheat grain, einkorn, for example for a very nutty loaf. Maybe spelt with a barley taste. You can go beyond wheat and go with blue corn waffles for something different.

[Rainger99]

Originally Posted by Toymeister

While I am confident that there are cooking clubs, I haven't heard of a milling club.

It appears that there are a few of us here do you have some questions that we can tackle? Recipes, equipment, or sources for grain questions, for example.

Here is an article on milling your own flour. It does look to be a bit more complicated and time consuming than buying 5 pounds at the store!


Baking with Freshly Milled Flour (Home Flour Milling) — Homesteading Family

[Toymeister]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

Here is an article on milling your own flour. It does look to be a bit more complicated and time consuming than buying 5 pounds at the store!


Baking with Freshly Milled Flour (Home Flour Milling) — Homesteading Family

Well it's baking bread with the added step of milling flour. Unless you are hand milling flour it's fairly straight forward.

Drawing a parallel buying bread is easier than making it. People do this anyways.

[Rainger99]

Originally Posted by Toymeister

Drawing a parallel buying bread is easier than making it. People do this anyways.

But homemade bread is always much better than store bought bread. The issue is whether hand-milled flour is THAT much better than store bought flour.

And has anyone tried the specialty flours like Bob's Red Mill?

[David_H]

Taste is a subjective subject. I prefer the taste of my bread to store bought. However, taste is not the only reason to use fresh milled flour. Fresh milled flour contains all of the wheat berry and all of the micro-nutrients that makes bread healthy. White bread is stripped of all the "good" stuff in the wheat and original people got ill from white bread until the government mandated adding artificial "enrichments" .

I use a Mockmill Stone Mill to grind my wheat and I buy wheat berries in bulk online from Palouse Brand and Clear Creek Foods and Ancient Grains for Sale | Grand Teton Ancient Grains. There are many other places online.

[Toymeister]

I buy wheat berries in bulk online from Palouse Brand and Clear Creek Foods and Ancient Grains for Sale | Grand Teton Ancient Grains. There are many other places online.[/QUOTE]


The problem with online sources is shipping cost. The way to beat this is Azure standard. They ship once a month to a group drop off near 44 and 301. The shipping cost is 6.5%. Lots of food besides wheat.