Wheat and Soy Flour Blender.

[Durgan]

25 January 2012 Flour. Whole Wheat and Soy Bean Flour made in blender, 25 January 2012 Flour. Whole Wheat and Soy Bean Flour made in blender

After pursing the various expensive flour mills being offered for sale, I decided to use my home blender to make wheat and soy flour. Flour mills had their day, when blenders were not available.From my experiences flour mills are redundant and a device from a past era, about as useful as the buggy whip.The home blender makes an equivalent flour product and in a much shorter time. I bought some commercial flour from bulk barn and found with the wheat that it was clearly modified by having part or all of the wheat kernel removed judging by the colour compared to the home blended. The point being if you want to grind flour at home, use your blender, instead of paying for an expensive flour mill.

[HappyMama]

I see your point Durgan, though I make my own powdered organic sugar in a blender and takes forever to get to the fine texture.

If doing the amounts of wheat I do for baking I would burn out the blender motor. But if you have a strong blender and don't grind all the time, I am sure would work great. Great texture by the way for yours. Very cool. I do know a few that grind wheat in a coffee grinder or blender for small amounts.

Yes grinding your own, saves so much money, and is so much healthier. Especially when you get organic, or ancient non modified grains. You also don't have to deal with lack of vitamins or additives to flour which in some forms is a M*S*G. The only flour I do buy is non GMO, no additives, not brominated, no malted barley, no M*S*G.

[Durgan]

I see your point Durgan, though I make my own powdered organic sugar in a blender and takes forever to get to the fine texture.

If doing the amounts of wheat I do for baking I would burn out the blender motor. But if you have a strong blender and don't grind all the time, I am sure would work great. Great texture by the way for yours. Very cool. I do know a few that grind wheat in a coffee grinder or blender for small amounts.

Yes grinding your own, saves so much money, and is so much healthier. Especially when you get organic, or ancient non modified grains. You also don't have to deal with lack of vitamins or additives to flour which in some forms is a M*S*G. The only flour I do buy is non GMO, no additives, not brominated, no malted barley, no M*S*G.

What irritates me is one doesn't know what you are buying, even in the bulk food store. There is no reason for my wheat flour to be so much different in colour than the bulk food item. Mind you I only make a small amount of flour for Pilot bread. Soy, wheat, and rye. I did not see rye kernels in my local bulk food store. The blender did a fine job and very quick. My blender is not even the much touted VitaMix. The amount of flour that I use does not justify making in large quantiles, and the expense for a mill could not be justified, hence the experiment.

Hand crank models are very difficult to use in a modern kitchen, since one seldom has a strong surface on which to mount the device. I had a hand meat grinder years ago, and it was as total pain to mount then use. Most clamping devises leave a lot to be desired.

At first I tried the small coffee grinder but it proved unsatisfactory.

Incidentally to soften the pilot bread, I put it in a wing steamer device, and it came out almost identical to a typical bagel in about five minutes of steaming. I got my vacuum food sealer and packaged all my pilot bread. After using this device, I don't know why I didn't buy one years ago. It is simply marvellous.

[HappyMama]

Agree Durgan. Health is our first wealth. Will be looking up a wing steamer never heard of one before. Sounds neat. The pilot bread recipes you put up sound good, will have to try them.

[Durgan]

I ground enough flour, wheat and soybean, and made two batches of pilot bread along with home apple juice for the liquid and added ground flax, sunflower, sesame, and almonds. It was excellent. The apple juice added a bit of sweetness, which made the taste most pleasant. I vacuum packed 36 biscuits in packages of six. It appears that I eat about three biscuits per day, softened by placing in as steamer for
about four minutes. almost like a quality bagel. Best bread that I ever had.

[knitnmom]

I just started milling my own wheat for flour and LOVE it! Initially, I just wanted to bake my own bread, but then kept reading and discovered how much healthier it is to mill my own grain! I researched different mills and ultimately bought an electric one that I hope will stand up to my household use. So, now, I mill my own grain for ALL my flour needs and do not intend to buy store bought flour or bread ever again.

I also grind my own flax and I'm learning how to grow my own wheatgrass from the grain.

[Spirit Deer]

I grow wheat grass all the time for our cats. Very simple to do and it grows very fast.

[knitnmom]

I grow wheat grass all the time for our cats. Very simple to do and it grows very fast.

I need to figure out how to keep my cat out of it! Ha!