Comments on: Make flour at home: from start to finish

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:49:07 +0000

I would NEVER freeze my wheat berries. It lets moisture in. Period. You never want moisture in your berries. There’s also no need to clean them (especially if you trust your source). There may be small bits of chaff or vetch seeds in your berries occationally (vetch is a common cover crop) but the chaff is easy to see and pick out before milling and the vetch seeds wont hurt a thing. I store my wheat berries in buckets with sealed lids and glass jars. I share all of that here: https://soulyrested.com/mills-wheat-berries/

By: Jen Borck

Jen Borck — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 01:59:22 +0000

i’m just venturing into milling my own flour (purchased from azure as well). my mom gave me her old mill and it still works great. someone just told me that i need to freeze my wheat berries for a couple days (to kill off any insect eggs), then wash the berries, let them dry completely and store them in an airtight container til i mill them. is this what you do? or have a better reccommendation for me? that seems very labor intensive. and also, what containers do you like for storing your wheat berries? thanks so much for all this great info!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 05:12:35 +0000

In reply to Angela. Same! I actually looked into it back then but the mills were SO expensive (and huge).

By: Angela

Angela — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 22:25:39 +0000

In reply to Michelle. I only wish I'd known and started milling when my kids were little but sure am glad to be doing it now!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 22:08:53 +0000

In reply to Caroline.

oh I LOVE visiting old mills! And no, the same unit won’t do both, unless it’s a large double kind of machine. I own an oat flaker that is separate from my mill and I love it. You can find it here: https://soulyrested.com/mockmill/

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 22:03:39 +0000

In reply to Rachel Warnholtz. That's one of my granddaughters' favorite things to do in Gigi's kitchen. :)

By: Caroline

Caroline — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 20:10:59 +0000

We had a working water mill here in our county and they still milled corn. (Kymulga Mill in Alabama) it needed repairs so they were raising money for that. The BEST cornbread I have ever eaten was freshly milled from that mill. If we hit it on the right day we could even see a little of the process. I haven’t been there in several years. How wonderful to mill my own! I always think about wheat or oats!
Oh, I wanted to ask: Is there a mill that mills oats and also flakes them too?

By: Caroline

Caroline — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 20:06:30 +0000

In reply to Susan. So it wasn't the gluten, it was the bran? Or is that where the gluten is? I got excited for a minute!

By: Caroline

Caroline — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 20:05:05 +0000

In reply to Ruth. Like Michelle, I would love to know what you've been using to mill your grain. That's a long time! I'm hoping to start soon. : )

By: Rachel Warnholtz

Rachel Warnholtz — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 19:12:43 +0000

Thank you for this awesome information! It’s my dream to get a mill someday. My mom made her own flour when I was younger I remember us kids liked helping pour the wheat berries into the mill.