Comments on: Grain Mills Pt. 1: Should You Buy One? Does it Save Money?

By: Laura

Laura — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:02:40 +0000

Here are all the posts relating to Grains and Grain Mills: http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/category/grains-and-grain-mills

Here’s a post specifically addressing where to get wheat berries: http://heavenlyhomemakers.com/grain-mills-pt-3-what-grains-to-use-and-where-to-find-them

By: KT

KT — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:08:52 +0000

Where do you get wheat berries for such a good price? I got a grain mill as a gift, but want to find a source of wheat berries that is cheaper than simply buying the flour from the store – right now I can’t!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:45:56 +0000

Lara,

Grinding the wheat takes no time at all in an electric mill, so you’re not going to find that eating up a lot of time. I think it really depends on what you are currently accustomed to doing. For example, are you currently pulling frozen pancakes and things out of the freezer or are you making them from a prepared mix? If you’re making them from a pancake mix, I don’t think that you’ll find it taking you a whole lot longer to make from scratch. I’ve learned that it takes about 15 minutes to make a Cream of Soup (i.e. mushroom) as opposed to opening the can (seconds), however, the savings is well worth it…I can make my own cream of soup for a fraction of the cost. Same goes for the other prepared things…not to mention the health benefits. I think you do have to evaluate, however, what season of life you are in. A working Mom may not have time to make everything from scratch but could start small. So anyway, it all depends on what you’re trying to do. Baby steps Did I mention the superior taste??? Happy learning!

By: Lara

Lara — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:51:29 +0000

That’s a great article! It’s what motivated me to start researching grain mills in the first place. My only concern is how much time it will take to grind everything and make everything from scratch (since in the past I haven’t).

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:22:50 +0000

Do you know anything about the blendtec? It claims to do a good job at this.

Thanks!

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:21:15 +0000

No, that was just the savings on flour, which means the savings would be even more!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:07:40 +0000

Yes, it is definitely cheaper than buying the higher priced breads at the store, but before I started with the mill, we just purchased the white fluff for less than $1 a loaf (and those loaves are longer than the others). I wouldn’t trade the freshly milled. You can’t really compare apples to apples on this one though as the freshly milled is so much better. To me, it’s worth it even if it does cost more than $1 per loaf…not that I’ve done the math on that…it may not, but I think it probably does.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:03:33 +0000

There are actually two separate canisters…one for wet and one for dry…I got them both for the $5

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:33:54 +0000

I’m so interested in learning more about this. I’ve been wanting to make more of our bread products and got into it last week making bread, waffles and muffins. So delicious. I’m quite interested in the whole grain mill idea (I have only used store-bought wheat flour). Thanks for blogging about this!

By: Lenetta @ Nettacow

Lenetta @ Nettacow — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:58:11 +0000

Linked to this on my weekly roundup. :>) Post is here. Thanks!!