Today I milled my own wheat and made muffins for the children. It was a surprisingly rewarding experience to take the food from such a raw unprocessed state to a baked product. The children were fascinated and all wanted to have a turn cranking the hand mill which I borrowed from our neighbors. It was a lot of work for six tiny muffins.
It took about 10 minutes to grind about 1 to 2 cups of flour. I put it on a coarse setting. I made the muffins with yeast and was doubtful they would it would react, but sure enough it did. The children really loved them and didn't seem to mind the texture.
It was interesting to see the amount of manual energy required to produce such a small amount of food.
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- Mel McMillan
- Living on a small property near Nimbin, Australia, where we are a long, long way from achieving our dreams of semi-self-sufficiency.
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