Grow your own flour?
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Going off the food shortages discussions, if one wanted to grow your own grain what would you grow, and how much just to get a pound of ground flour?
Probably not thr best yeild but I've grown buckwheat in the past not for grain but fir soil building (cut ot twice a year before it goes to seed. Has otger uses beyond spul and flour as well.
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A bushel of wheat weighs about 60 lbs, it doesn’t produce 60 lbs of flour. I don’t know how much it does make, but there is some waste.
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If you need to grind your own; it probably won't make much difference.
The key to the flour we are used to is in the milling process. Unless you invest in a bunch of screening and separating apparatuses (is apparatti a word?), you will pretty much just have whole wheat flour. You will need to learn how to bake with it. The result will probably not be what are expecting
The different types of wheat are grown in geographic areas. Grow what is traditional in your area. In the case of Ohio that would be soft red winter. it is better suited for pastries, crackers and such due to low protein. I believe for an individual, rather than a commercial bakery, it would make suitable bread. It may not rise as uniformly as what you are used to due to that low protein. You might be able to somewhat overcome that by adding gluten in the form of potato water, potato starch, store bought gluten, ginger, or who knows what. Whatever you use, you won't ever get whole wheat flour from any wheat to rise like white flour. The dough will never be elastic enough with the sharp edges of germ and bran.
BTW, we would be completely wheat independent if the moron-in-chief hadn't destroyed the industry that generates fuel for tractors and fertilizer production.
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If you need to grind your own; it probably won't make much difference.
The key to the flour we are used to is in the milling process. Unless you invest in a bunch of screening and separating apparatuses (is apparatti a word?), you will pretty much just have whole wheat flour. You will just need to learn how to bake with it.
The different types of wheat are grown in geographic areas. Grow what is traditional in your area.
BTW, we would be completely wheat independent if the moron-in-chief hadn't destroyed the industry that generates fuel for tractors and fertilizer production. I disagree with this somewhat. While I agree you'll have a whole wheat flour as opposed to a white flour, the difference in the types of wheat have to do with the gluten content. There may not be much difference between white and red wheat but there is a definite difference between soft and hard. Soft is to be used for things like cookies, pastries, cakes, noodles or other things that to not require being risen. Soft wheat does not have enough gluten in it to rise when used in conjunction with yeast for bread making. If making bread is your goal, you need a HARD wheat, be it white or red, or else your bread won't rise.
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I disagree with this somewhat. While I agree you'll have a whole wheat flour as opposed to a white flour, the difference in the types of wheat have to do with the gluten content. There may not be much difference between white and red wheat but there is a definite difference between soft and hard. Soft is to be used for things like cookies, pastries, cakes, noodles or other things that to not require being risen. Soft wheat does not have enough gluten in it to rise when used in conjunction with yeast for bread making. If making bread is your goal, you need a HARD wheat, be it white or red, or else your bread won't rise. You can disagree all you want, but if you ain't got it you can't use it. I went back and edited my post to somewhat describe what to expect baking with his local stuff.
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bblwi has a strong point.
If you can't get all purpose wheat flour; it's time to get creative. Whole wheat flour by itself may be good for survival, but, not for an enjoyable subsistence.
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Here's a very good article I found on storing wheat. You can store wheat for over 30 years, if done properly and still have decent nutritional value in it. https://theprovidentprepper.org/foo...so-it-is-still-delicious-31-years-later/I bought a used Diamant D525 grain mill for $202.00, with tax from an online auction. They did not know what it was and poorly described it. They are $1350.00 new, with shipping. It was close to brand new. I was originally interested in using it to make chick starter mash, but upon researching it, found it's considered the World's best hand cranked, machine convertible, flour mill. It weighs 47 pounds. It is extremely easy to adjust and clean. I have 2 motors I could use with it, but have not yet. You should be able to find a used mill for a fraction of the price of a new one online. Fresh flour tastes better. Keith
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A bushel of wheat weighs about 60 lbs, it doesn’t produce 60 lbs of flour. I don’t know how much it does make, but there is some waste. From the Kansas Wheat website: One bushel of wheat will yield approximately 42 pounds of white flour. That means this year’s Kansas wheat crop could potentially produce 14 billion pounds of white flour. In contrast, one bushel will yield approximately 60 pounds of whole wheat flour. The Kansas crop could yield 20 billion pounds of whole wheat flour.
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