RE: question on grain mills

[Guest guest]

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I use my Vita-Mix to grind grains as I only use it once or twice per week for

pancakes or muffins. Advantages are that it has other uses, it is quick, and

not as expensive as the electric grain-grinders. Disadvantage is that the high

speed creates heat as it is grinding the grain into flour, but I remedy this

by keeping my grains in the freezer until ready to use which minimizes the

heat production. Don't know if freezing the grain has disadvantages or not.

Sorry, I don't have any knowledge of the grinders you had questions about.

Theresa

[Guest guest]

THe whisper mill is very fast I have one and it will grind a hopper full (12

cups) in less than 2 minutes. Only problem is you can't grind anything but

wheat, kamut, spelt and popcorn. Anything else is usually to oily.

breadbeckers.com has some good info about grain grinding appliances. Check out

their site.

Amy

question on grain mills

Hi folks!

I am looking to buy

a grain mill to make flour out of various grains, low volume for

personal use in baking breads etc.

I have looked at the Country Living Mill (hand crank) and the Grain

Master Whisper Mill (electric) and both look good; does anybody have

any experience with them, I am looking for pros and cons and general

advice : -)

Thank you all,

[Guest guest]

Personally I'm all about multi-tasking, which is why I like the

KitchenAid mixer and its grain mill attachment.

Lynn S.

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[Guest guest]

If I had known more about grinding I would have bought the kitchenaid too. It

is more versatile. I would prefer one appliance with multiple attachments. I

love my whispermill. But grinding is all it does.

Amy

Re: question on grain mills

Personally I'm all about multi-tasking, which is why I like the

KitchenAid mixer and its grain mill attachment.

Lynn S.

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Lynn Siprelle * Writer, Mother, Programmer, Fiber Artisan

The New Homemaker: http://www.newhomemaker.com/

Siprelle & Associates: http://www.siprelle.com/

People-Powered ! http://www.deanforamerica.com/

[Guest guest]

> Hi folks!

>

> I am looking to buy

> a grain mill to make flour out of various grains, low volume for

,

We have a whisper mill - (it may whisper compared to others, but it is still

loud) It does a great job and it is VERY fast. If you can afford it -

don't go with a hand crank, unless you have extra time in the kitchen and

need more exercise.

I will say that you won't be able to grind sprouted grains as the input hole

is too small. Other than that we are very happy with it.

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[Guest guest]

I heard the kitchen aid grinds grains painfully slow. I have a fidibus from

germany and it's great, and attractive!

Elaine

[Guest guest]

The same here and I made my first batch of home made sausages with it. I

wouldn't know what to do without the Kitchen Aid.

Ina

Personally I'm all about multi-tasking, which is why I like the

KitchenAid mixer and its grain mill attachment.

Lynn S.

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[Guest guest]

Does the blender give as fine a flour as the grain-grinder?

I have used my blender to grind rice for my daughter's baby

food, but never used a grain-grinder and wonder if this is making

it fine enough.

Re: question on grain mills

,

I use my Vita-Mix to grind grains as I only use it once or twice per week for

pancakes or muffins. Advantages are that it has other uses, it is quick, and

not as expensive as the electric grain-grinders. Disadvantage is that the high

speed creates heat as it is grinding the grain into flour, but I remedy this

by keeping my grains in the freezer until ready to use which minimizes the

heat production. Don't know if freezing the grain has disadvantages or not.

Sorry, I don't have any knowledge of the grinders you had questions about.

Theresa

[Guest guest]

i can't imagine a blender would blend grain well enough to make a flour.

Mine sure wouldn't.

Elaine

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[Guest guest]

> Does the blender give as fine a flour as the grain-grinder?

I have both an old style Vitamix and a Whisper mill. I bought the

Whisper mill because the Vitamix flour was way too coarse, and

running batches for a longer period of time only made the coarse

flour even hotter. As for blenders, I bet they do an even worse job

than a Vitamix at milling flour.