Does anyone mill their own flour?

SnowMonkey · Joined: 24 Oct 2006 Posts: 50

I have been having problems with flours that celiacs are not supposed to have problems with, especially buckwheat. I wonder if the stuff I am getting from bulk dispensers at the local food CO-OP is contaminated. I'm thinking milling my own might improve its digestibility for me by decreasing the risk of contamination. Corn too is also a problem. I tried some packaged polenta and could not seem to digest it. I may be allergic to corn, but it seems like that would be different symptoms.

There are many nice looking home mills and I'm thinking it might be a necessary or at least useful althernative.

Anyone have any experience with home milling flour?

cruelshoes · Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 2679 Location: Washington State

I used to mill my own flour back in my wheat eating days. I had a whisper mill, which is now called a wonder mill. It was worth every penny I paid for it ($200 or so). The flour I made was very fine, and it was a lot quieter than many other mills out there. I also used it to grind beans, and it worked great.

I will eventually replace it and get a new one to grind GF flours. They are definitely worth the money. I think Mrs. P uses hers a lot.

You are right, bulk bins are scary...
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SnowMonkey · Joined: 24 Oct 2006 Posts: 50

You sound like I was for so many years. I was a natural foods guy all the way eating whole wheat flour, baking my own bread, wheat berries and everything. Even after dumping whole wheat flour and just eating the white stuff, I couldn't figure out why I was always feeling so crappy.

I take it Mrs. P is your missus, what flour are you getting out of the wonder mill?

Anyone else mill their own flour?

mrsppmrxky · Joined: 09 Oct 2004 Posts: 1499 Location: GF Kitchen

Welcome SnowMonkey. I am MrP's Mrs.........thereby folks around her call me MrsP. LOL

I have my wondermill. My hubby helped me get it last Christmas. I love it and it has saved me lots of money on flours.

I buy the sweet rice flour at the Asian Market and grind my own flour and it is very finely ground. (I found Brown Sweet Rice flour there last week, so both of my rice flours will be sweet rice from now on.)

I am able to use the mill for the harder beans and it will make them into fine powder as well.

I found mine online for $219 and that included shipping.

Again, welcome to the boards!
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cruelshoes · Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 2679 Location: Washington State

Well, Mrs P - I certainly would not mind if you were my Mrs. You are such a good cook. Although my husband might not agree. He can hardly handle one wife, let alone two. There's a polygamy joke in there somewhere (cause I'm Mormon, and people still think we do that).....
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cultureslayer · Joined: 07 Apr 2006 Posts: 769 Location: NC

I ran about 5lbs if rice through my mother's whisper mill that had been sitting idle for several years and then started using it for rice flour. I should look into getting it tested for gluten content but I don't think it's causing me problems (I'm just intolerant so no damage to worry about).

I now have tons of rice flour. Jasmine rice is $9 for 25lbs at Sam's, $14 for 20lbs of brown at the asian store. I need to find a place that sells chickpeas in bulk and make some bean flour too. I need to try putting it on the coarsest setting and seeing if I can make cream of rice.
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SnowMonkey · Joined: 24 Oct 2006 Posts: 50

mrsppmrxky · Joined: 09 Oct 2004 Posts: 1499 Location: GF Kitchen

My rice flour is about like corn starch as far as the fineness of the grind.

This is the more expensive rice flour grind at the Asian Market. (The coarser grind costs less at the Asian Market)

So, I feel that I have greatly saved on my grinding the flour at home.
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gluten-free-mike · Joined: 07 Sep 2006 Posts: 349 Location: Cleveland, OH

~Flawed Design~ · Joined: 05 Feb 2007 Posts: 30

I've tried, last Friday night, I just didn't have any rice flour at home, so I used my tiny coffee grinder (which was brand new) to grind up some basmathi rice into a fine flour, it was pretty neat.

I cook in very small amounts for myself, so quantity is not a problem.
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Daughter_of_Light · Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 1:34 pm Post subject:

My friends mom grinds her own flour.... But she isn't a celiac.
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jherara · Joined: 27 Jul 2006 Posts: 47

I mill my own white rice flour. I don't know if your concern regarding "contamination" is only wheat/gluten based, but I have to also be careful of mold...so, I buy organic rice and check it over before milling.

I use the KitchenAid 6QT stand mixer with the Kitchenaid Mill. Does a nice fine job on flour. I also use Arrowhead Mills organic white rice which is also gluten free.
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