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[Jody Troupe <jodyt2@mac.com>]

Thank you Claudia, and lbsaltzman. That is important to know - - that  
it takes so long just to
get enough flour for one loaf of bread! We haven't tried any mills at  
all yet, so I didn't have
a frame of reference.

Thank you both for the info.

Jody




On May 29, 2007, at 9:38 AM, lbsaltzman@aol.com wrote:

> I have baked bread for many years. I tried a small hand cranked mill  
> and was ultimately frustrated at how long it took to make enough flour  
> for even one loaf of bread.  I suspect you would need one of the large  
> ones that run on bicyle power or an electric one.  I personally use  
> the Grain Master Whisper Mill. It is extremely fast for a $200 mill.
>
>
> > Hello all-
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Claudia Joseph <permie@earthlink.net>
> To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Tue, 29 May 2007 5:58 am
> Subject: Re: [permaculture] Non-electric grain mills
>
>
>
> The Bread Book by Tom Leonard (East West Health Books 17 Station
> treet, Brookline Massachusettes 02146)  rates grain mills - electric
> nd hand cranked -  quite thoroughly.
> On May 28, 2007, at 8:49 AM, Jody Troupe wrote:
> > Hello all-
>
>  We are looking for recommendations on hand-crank type appliances.
>  Specifically in this moment, grain mills. Its easy to find a
>  variety of
>  these appliances on websites, but in terms of getting a sense of good
>  quality we haven't stumbled on that info yet. We'd found Lehmans, but
>  another friend of mine thought we could find better quality elsewhere
>  (but made no suggestions). We are just trying to do our homework
>  before
>  purchasing.
>
>  Does anyone have any suggestions of manual grain mills they would
>  recommend? This would be for smaller quantities for home, not to do
>  any
>  commercial with the product.
>
>  Thank you for any recommendations :-)
>
>  Jody Troupe
>
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