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[moolie]

Well, the tracking number says my Family Grain Mill is on the move again after spending a record 2 weeks in customs in Mississauga Ontario, which means my mill has had quite the trip from Nebraska to me here in Alberta, and it's not even here yet.

Hope it arrives tomorrow in time for the holiday weekend (it's Thanksgiving up here on Monday) but not holding my breath.

I hope to be able to post a review soon!

 

[Bubblingbrooks]

We have the family grain mill. Both the hand crank set up and the adapter to use it on the Bosch.
We also have the roller flaker.
The grinder does a decent job, but when it come to manual grinding, its quite the process.
Not the best mill for families. Takes way too long.
For hand cranking, you really want a big wheel to turn.

For small jobs, and for rolling oats for breakfast, its great though.

 

[moolie]

So we've had our Family Grain Mill since October 9th and have put it through its paces

It takes about 1.5 minutes to grind 1 cup of wheat by hand, a bit quicker with the electric base.

We have ground: hard red wheat, navy beans, rice, and oats into flour and had similar success baking with these flours as compared to store-bought. This mill will not grind corn/popcorn kernels, but we knew this when we bought it.

Some photos to show size, plus a loaf from the most recent batch of bread hubs baked yesterday (all fresh-ground whole wheat flour except for the addition of one cup of rice flour because hubs loves rice and it adds a nice flavour).

mill on electric base

mill on hand-crank base (rice in glass cannister)

1 cup of hard red wheat in hopper

flour milled from hard red wheat

1 cup of hard red wheat turns into almost 1 1/2 cups flour

hubbie's latest loaf of whole wheat/rice flour bread

 

[i_am2bz]

Very cool! Thanks for all the pix, moolie!

 

[framing fowl]

Thanks for the pictures Moolie!

 

[Neko-chan]

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[ORChick]

I have the Family Grain Mill as well - the hand crank base, plus the adapter for the KitchenAide. I've had it for about a year, and am quite happy with it.

 

[THEFAN]

We have our eye on a Country Living Grain Mill.

Now that we have mastered our bread machine. It is time to grind some of our own flour

 

[terri9630]

What kind of electric base is that?

So we've had our Family Grain Mill since October 9th and have put it through its paces

It takes about 1.5 minutes to grind 1 cup of wheat by hand, a bit quicker with the electric base.

We have ground: hard red wheat, navy beans, rice, and oats into flour and had similar success baking with these flours as compared to store-bought. This mill will not grind corn/popcorn kernels, but we knew this when we bought it.

Some photos to show size, plus a loaf from the most recent batch of bread hubs baked yesterday (all fresh-ground whole wheat flour except for the addition of one cup of rice flour because hubs loves rice and it adds a nice flavour).

mill on electric base
http://www.rgdyck.com/moolie/mill1.jpg

mill on hand-crank base (rice in glass cannister)
http://www.rgdyck.com/moolie/mill2.jpg

1 cup of hard red wheat in hopper
http://www.rgdyck.com/moolie/mill3.jpg

flour milled from hard red wheat
http://www.rgdyck.com/moolie/mill4.jpg

1 cup of hard red wheat turns into almost 1 1/2 cups flour
http://www.rgdyck.com/moolie/mill5.jpg

hubbie's latest loaf of whole wheat/rice flour bread
http://www.rgdyck.com/moolie/mill6.jpg

 

[moolie]

Hey Terri, it's the base that comes with the mill from http://www.pleasanthillgrain.com/family_grain_mills.aspx

I bought combo #1, which comes with both the motor and hand-crank base.

One caution with this mill is that the finest grind is a bit coarser than store-bought whole grain flour. You can put the flour through twice to get it a bit finer if you like

There are a few different types of home grain mills, you can read more general info about how each type works and the pros and cons of each type here: http://www.internet-grocer.net/grinders.htm

We personally chose the model we did for the fact that all the parts are easily replaceable and for it's price-point