2019. március 18., hétfő

A good choice: old Family grain mill

I have come across this at the flea market. Needles to say it was very cheep, but works perfectly. My first thought was immediately, to check if it can be taken apart so that it can be cleaned thoroughly, to the smallest screw. It becameappearent, that it is great german design, easy to clean. I took it apart almost entirely, except for the wiring of the motor, cleaned it with brushes and detergent, so now it is completely gluten free.

Thhe fineness or coarseness can be adjusted very well and easily, so it fits any grain. Great for me, I use buckwheat, lentils, rice, millet, what not, all different sizes. The speed could be better, but it's definately at least as speedy as any mill turned by hand. The only downside is the size. But I can also use it to mill flour for my breads and baking, and that would have easily been worth the penny even if I got it new, for a much higher price.

old but good as new

unhulled rice crushed

Food safety problems with a corona mill

So, after all I decided to upgrade my milling process. So far I used a kitchen blender which actually worked ok, but part of the grains were not crushed enough while other parts were crushed too much. Not consistent in other words, and it also took long to mill the grains with it, because you can not just run it while continously pouring the grains in it, but run 5-6 batches for a 3 kilogramm grain bill.

First, I got a corona mill, cheapest online, and soon as I unpacked it, realised that the coating was weird. I ran it without grains to see if what I was thinking of was going to happen and of course, metal dust came out of it. Meh. I ran it with grains, but still. Then I figured that the shaving were not only coming from the plates, but the spiral and the shaft. I tried brushing the coating off with my dremel, but that didn't help. I complained and got a partial refund, but I am very suprised to see that the same kind of mill with the same or a very similar coating is sold everywhere, not only online but in brew shops too. Also read on forums that others had similar problems. This is just sooo not good.
Luckily I came across a great deal of another mill so I will think about what to do with this one later.

2019. március 6., szerda