Peach_Rx <peach_rx@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Next major purchase is a grain mill. The bosch has a stone
> attachment, and a steel attachment. Has anyone tried these,
> or is it better to go with another stand alone brand?
I have a Kitchen Mill, an electric grain mill that has served me very well
(now made by K-TEC) (see
http://www.aaoobfoods.com/graingrinders.htm#Kitchen%20Mill for an example).
I have had the same one for almost 20 years and it has required servicing
only once in that time. It makes fine to very fine flours--on "coarse" it
is still fine compared to a coarse stone-ground flour. It will grind any
grain, or mix of grains, and I love to add whole spices to the grain so
they get freshly millled and mixed into the flour for flavored breads,
cakes, cookies, etc. It is noisy as all get-out--I think of it as my "baby
jet plane" because it sounds like a jet turbine--and only run it between
about 9am and 9pm to avoid problems with the neighbors (I live in an
apartment). But a pair of earplugs (for me and a spare pair for any
helpers/visitors) and I'm happy as a clam milling 500gm wheat in about 3-4
minutes to something so fine that even whole-wheat-a-phobes don't know I'm
using it for cakes/cookies/pastries.... It is easy to clean (I just brush
out the collection chamber and the milling blades).
I briefly owned a smaller electric mill that was not quite as noisy, and
was much smaller, but it made such coarse flour that I would not use it for
much of anything. I can't remember the brand name but it was not a Bosch.
Diane Brown
brown_d@kids.wustl.edu