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The Country Living Grain Mill has been around awhile, and we thought you’d enjoy a photo from our archives. Flash back to 1981 and here is Jack Jenkins, designer of the mill, featured in an article which compared the output of two electric mills to the hand-powered Country Living Grain Mill. It was no contest! In two minutes of grinding, our mill had produced almost twice as much as each electric mill. Just for fun, you can go to our website home page and see Jack, just a short 33 years…
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Whole Wheat Rolls 1 ½ cups lukewarm water 1 ½ T dry yeast 4 cups finely-ground whole wheat flour (approx.) 4 T sugar 1 egg 5 T veg. oil 1 ¼ tsp salt Bread Machine Method: Put all ingredients into bread machine and set to “dough” cycle. When dough is mixed and raised, punch down, flour hands, sprinkle a little flour on top of dough (to keep from sticking to hands) and form roll-sized balls. Continue to flour hands and dough lightly as needed until all dough is used. Place…
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Protein-some proteins are difficult for humans to digest such as the gliadin proteins that make up the gluten molecules in wheat products. These are also the proteins that cause an immune response in people with Celiac Disease. Research is showing that the fungal and bacterial microbes in sourdough degrade gluten into smaller peptides, including these gliadin proteins, decreasing toxicity to people with Celiac Disease and perhaps decreasing exposure to the general public. This research is still quite young. Phytic acid-the decrease in pH that occurs with sourdough ferment (due to…
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Grain Mill Peanut Butter+Plus Accessory What can I grind with the Peanut Butter+ Accessory? We’ve had the opportunity to test a few different nuts and beans and here are our findings thus far: Cashews – Because of their size, cashews need to be broken up so that they will feed into the auger. The cashews can easily be broken up with the pestle once they are in the hopper, which should only be partially filled. Peanuts and macadamia nuts – These grind well. It is not necessary to break up…
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Bread in America seems to be following in the footsteps of the bright orange, floppy slab of “food” that we call American cheese. This “cheese” looks and feels to be made more from plastic than actual cheese. And so it is with our pre-packaged bread – it contains many unnecessary ingredients and fillers. Here’s an excerpt from a great article by Bethany Econopouly, PhD student and Dr. Stephen Jones, wheat breeder, Professor, and Director of the Washington State University-Mount Vernon Research Center and The Bread Lab. They help us identify the…
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What about making it good for you as well? Here’s a Whole Wheat Pizza Dough Recipe that will add nutrition and fantastic flavor to your Friday night dinner. Whole Wheat Pizza Dough Recipe 5 cups freshly ground whole wheat flour (A combination of hard red wheat and soft white wheat is great.) 1 1/2 tablespoons honey or 2 tablespoons sugar 2 teaspoons salt 1 1/2 teaspoons instant yeast 3 tablespoons olive oil 1 3/4 cups water, lukewarm Mix your flour, sugar, yeast and salt. Form a mound on the table and create a cavity…
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To begin, here’s a quick lesson on what’s inside a wheat berry: White bread products contain refined flour, which means the bran and germ are stripped away, and just the endosperm is used for the flour. Let’s take a look at what you are missing when you eat white bread. As the chart shows, refining the flour means you just lost 85% of the protein, 93% of the fiber and 93% of the iron. When the bran and germ are discarded there is a huge loss in nutritional value because they are…
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In an effort to learn more about the value of whole wheat, some of the staff here at Country Living Productions were fortunate to spend a weekend on beautiful Whidbey Island in Washington State attending a two-day conference that was geared toward baking with 100% whole wheat. The Grain Gathering, as it’s called, is sponsored by Washington State University’s Mount Vernon Research Center. This was a unique opportunity for professional bakers, serious home bakers, and novices to come together and enjoy workshops and delicious meals. I thought I would share a few…
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Dear staff at Country Living, My husband and I ordered the Country Living Grain Mill on the afternoon of July 13th and by 2pm on the 15th, received our order. We didn’t try the grain mill until a week later. We ground some hard red winter wheat on the fine setting (pastry flour texture) and I made and baked some of the best biscuits ever! They tasted so good! Nothing like homemade goods. Thank you for a well-made product. We are well pleased and hope to get many, many good years…
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Dear Mr. Jenkins, Just wanted to thank you for my beautiful Country Living Grain Mill, which arrived today. It is even more beautiful and solidly built than I could imagine. I am also delighted to see that the mills are made locally in Washington. I am very new to grain milling and eager to get started! Sincerely, Gina Canada
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