March 25th, 2008 - Making flour
On Sunday morning, Maggie and I made flour. Mostly, I made the flour. She “helped” a few times, but I grind the red winter wheat berries on the lowest possible setting and it’s pretty difficult. In fact, doing 6 cups in on go is too much for me; I hadn’t felt my sciatica for a while until I spent nearly 90 minutes grinding flour. :( I did the last 1.5 cups or so as cracked wheat on setting 3–Maggie could do that all by herself, and that’s what she’s doing in this photo:
While I was doing flour, she sat next to me, eating wheat berries. She loves eating them. I think they are pretty bland–they taste just like flour after all, except they are crunchy. But it was tons of fun for her! And she made pictures with them (much like cloud pictures–spread them around and use your imagination).
March 25th, 2008 at 10:52 am EDT
I’m really interested in hearing about your technique for making flour. What equipment you use, etc. That’s very, very cool!
March 31st, 2008 at 11:33 am EDT
[…] After seeing Maggie’s picture, Mac asked if I’d tell you all more about our flour making. Here you are. […]