Advice please

[rider]

I am looking for help for my S.I.L. their kids have to have gluten free foods among other things. She is looking for a home grinding mill so she can frind her own grains. I told her I would ask here as I am sure many of you grind your own grains for home use. We are looking for makes, models that you think are best. Thanks for any suggestions

[jassytoo]

We have a country living grainmill. It's pricey but we love it.

[Marcia in MT]

I like my Vitamix.

Beware grinding soybeans: the powder shouldn't be breathed.

[Trixie]

Are you talking a Vitmax grinder or a blender?

[Laura Zone 10]

I have a Nutrimill.
Click on "appliances" and it will show you the mill I have.
It grinds fine flour (like at the store) and it has worked like a charm for years.
BreadBeckers.com is a great resource and they are a pleasure to do business with.

[HomeOnTheFarm]

I have a manual grain mill like this one. We love it! The kids enjoy taking turns on it (DS especially...he says he's "getting big muscles" when it's his turn).

We have to start on a coarse grind, then run it back through on increasingly finer grinds (it usually takes 3 times through from start to finish).

I know it's not as convenient as an electric, but we are in an area that has been without grid power for 3 days to a week+ each year, and I don't like to rely on electricity now as a result. Just something to keep in mind as I know there are areas of the country that have it worse each year.

[ronbre]

netrition.com is a good site to buy these foods, on Atkins I use a lot of non flour foods like nut meals and seed meals..also there are some really good low carb cooking sites with ideas for making breads and muffins etc..
http://www.genaw.com/lowcarb/
this is a really good site..for more ideas go to the Atkins web site at www.atkins.com

[Callieslamb]

I have a Retzel and love it. It's a slow stone grinder. I can convert it to manual if needed. They are pricey though. I have had mine for 25 years with no trbouel with it at all. DH fitted a frame around it so I can hang a bag off the front for the flour to fall into. I don't have to keep watching it to grind large quantities.

[oregon woodsmok]

I've got the kitchen mill by blendtech. It's electric and I chose it because it is one of the few mills that will grind beans.

It is supposed to grind garbanzos, and it does, but it works hard at it. That's OK. I don't like garbazo flour anyway. It does a great job on white beans and I use a lot of white bean flour.

The mill makes an excellent superfine rice flour. If you get the rice ground fine enough, it won't be gritty.

[Old Vet]

I use a Kitchen Aid and have had good luck with it. I was recently diagnosed with cyelack (SP) disease and can't have glutton.

after much research DH (greencountypete) settled on a country living grain mill. i went to their website and purchased one of the blemished ones at a discount. blemish not noticeable.

[Marcia in MT]

Originally Posted by Trixie

Are you talking a Vitmax grinder or a blender?

I have both the regular "wet" container, and the "dry" one for grinding grain. The wet one works for grain, but the one designed for it works great. If I didn't do a lot of flour grinding, only once in a while, I probably wouldn't have bought the special container.

[rider]

thanks for the info i will pass it on