Thursday, June 2, 2011

$45 traded for 45 minutes

First....Did no one notice, or were you all just being nice?  I was standing in my kitchen tonight, realizing I couldn't remember what I'd posted for this week's (Almost) Wordless Wednesday.  Well, I found that it's because I seemed to miss Wednesday entirely, and called it Tuesday.  Oh, well.  On to today...


We haven't had granola in at least a few weeks.  We were pretty good about taking turns for awhile, with Hubby taking more than his share... But we all tired of the project it was to roll enough oats to fulfill the needs for the granola recipe.  Besides the time, it was a good amount of physical effort.                                                                                                                                                                                                        
End that attaches to the mixer
I am finally making granola again tonight, because I broke down and bought the adaptor that allows us to let my Bosch mixer motor do the work.  It connects the Family Grain Mill flaker attachment to the Bosch mixer and we have our 10 cups of rolled oats in 10 minutes, instead of 35 - 45.   I am free to enjoy a nice beverage, or like tonight, supervise dinner prep.  I don't go too far, because I want to make sure the set-up stays upright, and once in awhile the grain gets situated so it isn't feeding through, and the hopper needs a light tap, or the grain, a quick stir.                                                                                                                                                                     
End that connects to Family Grain Mill
attachments
I liked the idea of the manual operation, but in reality, I like my technology and the benefits it affords.  I will still appreciate that we can use old-fashioned elbow grease to roll oats if needed during our too-many-per-year power outages.         


The Bosch Mixer has little rubber feet on the back, so....


                                                                                                                                                    






....it can be tipped up for using this and other attachments

All set up, but when full it wanted to fall forward





Umm..Duh.  If I moved the bowl out a bit, it supported the
contraption and it was no longer unsteady





































Previous related posts:


Granola Recipe (using the rolled oats)










New Oat Flaker/Roller





Testing and Examining the
 New Roller/Flaker Mill

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Very helpful review! Could you roll amaranth and teff as well? Thank you!
1 reply · active 656 weeks ago
I wish I had an answer for you. I've never used teff and am just looking into amaranth now. I do know a bit about quinoa, which seems to be similar...Just enough to know how tiny the grains are, how to cook it in the more usual sense, and I've just learned that it and amaranth can be popped. I don't have any of the 2 you asked about to try... I looked at the information about the Family Grain Mill mill and the flaker/roller and neither list teff or amaranth as possible milling options, so I'd assume 'no' until I could find out otherwise. Most harder grains crack instead of rolling unless they're soaked and dried first, so I wonder if those tiny grains might be too hard, and I'd be concerned about anything that might get too oily in a mill. I'm not sure how those grains are as far as oil content and what may be released in trying to roll/flake them. I'm sorry I couldn't find out more specific information for you.

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