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Old 03-21-2009, 11:52 AM   #16
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Default Re: Grinding your own flour, loads of questions

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Ok I have a question...I'm trying to source my wheat berries. My local food co-op has local, organic hard red wheat berries (local), but no soft wheat berries. If I got spelt or kamut instead, would it work ok for pancakes etc? What about pasta?

Also, I just came across a post in my local craigslist. There is someone advertising 50lb bags of hard red wheat berries for $12 each! I'm wonder whether they'd be safe to eat. He says they are "not treated" and "non genetically modified". He also says they're leftover from planting this fall. Does that make a difference? He says they're great for spring seedling projects or for making into flour. Would it need cleaned? $12 for 50lb seems too good to give up.
It sounds like it would be fine, especially if he specifically said, "Grind into flour and bake." You could ask specifically if this is human food grade/for human consumption. But, I would be suspicious, I think.
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Default Re: Grinding your own flour, loads of questions

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Ok I have a question...I'm trying to source my wheat berries. My local food co-op has local, organic hard red wheat berries (local), but no soft wheat berries. If I got spelt or kamut instead, would it work ok for pancakes etc? What about pasta?

Also, I just came across a post in my local craigslist. There is someone advertising 50lb bags of hard red wheat berries for $12 each! I'm wonder whether they'd be safe to eat. He says they are "not treated" and "non genetically modified". He also says they're leftover from planting this fall. Does that make a difference? He says they're great for spring seedling projects or for making into flour. Would it need cleaned? $12 for 50lb seems too good to give up.
It sounds like it would be fine, especially if he specifically said, "Grind into flour and bake." You could ask specifically if this is human food grade/for human consumption. But, I would be suspicious, I think.
I asked a Mormon friend where she gets her wheat, because I've been trying to find a good local source. Their Bishop's Storehouse sells 25 lb bags of Hard Red for around $7. The Craigs List ad is in the same ballpark, so I;d be inclined to check it out.

How would you clean it? Anything I can think of - water, heat- would cook or otherwise alter the berries so that you had to use them and couldn't store them so easily. What am I missing?
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Old 03-21-2009, 12:40 PM   #18
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You don't need to clean it. It should be clean already. If you feel you need to, pour it onto a clean towel and rub some. Please specify to your Mormon friend that it is *not* for seed/planting, but for eating. There's a difference.
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This IS for eating. It's the wheat she buys to make bread every week. Apparently their church grows the wheat, that's why it's so inexpensive.
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