Do I really need a flour mill? Is there a way to grind grains without one? TIA :o)?

Question

I wanted to make Ezekiel bread, but it said to grind my own flour from beans lentils and verious linds of grains...I don't have a flour mill, and they seem pretty $pendy, YKWIM? So what i'm asking is there a way to get around this with out buying a flour mill? I have a professional Cuisinart food processor, and wondered if I could use this? I also have a Kitchen Aid mixer and have seen the flour mills for them...are they any good? If not mabye another recipe where I don't need to grind my own flour...BUT I guess the whole point of Ezekiel bread is because it is nutritionally complete, and pre ground stuff probably not as good for you...AND where in the heck do you get preground beans? Never heard of that either...

Answer 1

If you are going to be making a lot of baked goods from scratch, then a grain mill is worth every penny. You can also do pretty well with a VitaMix blender in small batches.
I have been known to grind small amounts of grains and lentils in my coffee grinder (I don't ever use it for coffee - YUK! - just for spices, etc).
Try it in you Cuisinart -- what can it hurt?

Good luck!

Answer 2

In the old world, grains were stone ground. It required a lot of muscle power to do so. Cuisinart will not give you the same quality flour. It will come out coarse chopped. You need to get a flour mill if you want to make it. Is it possible to buy the bread itself without going through the hassle?

Answer 3

i think of a few tribes in Africa nonetheless a bowl shaped stone, on which they placed the grain, then pound it with a club shaped stone, till it is going to become flour. Up till The overdue nineteenth century wind turbines have been used. The wind grew to become the sails, rotating the critical shaft, rubbing one mill stone against the different. The grain grow to be fed by using an hollow interior the middle.

Answer 4

If you have a health food store like wild oats or whole foods you might be able to find all these ingredients preground for you, and they will probably be organic as well. I've never used flour mills, and I don't know if your food processor will do the job and process it fine enough.
try http://www.bobsredmill.com/

Answer 5

you can use a paper shredder.