We were chatting on IM, so that’s why the conversation is in short phrases and sentences LOL. She doesn’t write or talk like this in real life.

oh, I SO get this.
these people are trying to make it easier for you to use sprouted grains
and they ARE healthier
but they can’t sell you sprouted grains…
because they’d go bad in shipment
so they sell you the flour … LOL
but for Gina… at home… it is MUCH more ideal to just add her own sprouted grain to the dough as she kneads it
or in the Bosch, etc.
she’s adding extra steps … but…. all flour goes rancid quickly
she’s making such wonderful fresh flour (fresh ground) at home….
she’d be adding flour that is relatively old
so she’d get SOME health benefits… but more if she does her own sprouting which is waaaay easier
you don’t need space, either
you lay them out on wet paper towels… the wheat berries
then roll them up
put in a jar… leave it open…. lots of rolled up paper towels
and just keep them wet
don’t fill the jar with water, but keep the papertowels real wet
you don’t need surface area that way
the miller does it for germination testing [Note from Jodi - Heather owns a book store that is located in a working mill, so she has that extra bit of knowledge about the process]

Conversation continued…
I suppose she’d only mill her own sprouts if she wanted smooth flour….like wonderbread texture here’s a simple recipe she can try with only a food processor…. before she buys heavy duty “equipment”
http://www.ezhealthydiet.com/sprouted-grain-bread.html
this is a very dense bread, but I’ve had it
yummy
Heather wants to know if you juice, also. I have a feeling you do… You put me to shame (she says as she tries to hide the Capri Sun juice pouches she bought for her kids last night).

My other friend with a mill (who corrected me when I said you wanted to sprout grain and then mill it - because you don’t mill sprouted grain unless you dry it first LOL - you can see I am flying blind on this one) recommends the Ultra Mill. But as my other friend says, you can’t adjust the coarseness, so you have to kind of decide if that’s important to you or not.

While friend 1 and I were discussing it, she sent me to the site she uses (http://www.pleasanthillgrain.com/) and there we discovered the Nutrimill, which might actually be the best choice. She says it looks like her mill (the Ultra) but you can adjust the coarseness. Read the comments on the site there, they give some good information. A lot of mills are back-ordered, from what we’ve seen, so you might want to order soon and you’ll still have time to save your money before they are in stock.

I know there was at least one vendor with mills and such at the convention this weekend so I’ll see if I can find their website(s) too, for comparison. There were a couple of cooking/bread baking sessions, even. I didn’t go to any of those, of course, but they had them. I ran away from their booths, too. I didn’t want David to get any crazy ideas. *snort*

Let’s see…I found Paul’s Grains but they don’t sell mills, just the grain. You probably know about them, they sell locally. But did you know they homeschool? Okay, I’m not 100% sure they do, but they were at the conference which implies they at least support homeschooling. http://www.paulsgrains.com/

http://shellysbreads.com/
It looks like she sells that Nutrimill exclusively. Her mill seems less expensive than the other site but she charges shipping so it’s actually more than the site my friend gave me. There doesn’t seem to be a lot of fluctuation in prices on these things.

You could also put the kids to work and get a hand crank mill.
Do you have a Bosch? Everybody who is into mills seems to have a Bosch, too. What’s up with that? I thought I was in the big leagues when I got my KitchenAid stand mixer. haha

Do I win the prize for Longest. Comment. Ever.?

P.S. - I am totally up for group lapbooking. That would be fun!

Heather

Jodi, that would be awesome. I need to see what people like, how much they cost and all that. I just haven’t done the research yet on them. I need to start saving up for one…

I have some friends - those Michigan types - that have mills. I’m actually shocked that you don’t already. I was sure you were over there milling your own flour. I’ll see if they have any purchasing advice for you.