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Skriven 2010-05-26 17:13:08 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 38188 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: wheat flour
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Hi Janis.

 JK> > Extremely limited mobility in the hands, none in the wrists. Chances
 JK> of > arthritis probably no greater than what I have now.  Frustration
 JK> over > not having the flex in the wrist allowing me to keyboard, sew,

 JK> Yeah, that does sound so bad :(  Glad you were able to avoid it.  I
 JK> got very bad arthritis from prednisone long ago.  Initially I was on
 JK> over 100MG a day to get things under control with the MS.  My knees
 JK> creak (g) Then, playing drums as I did years ago probably did in my
 JK> wrists though they don't hurt as bad as my knees.  Playing piano feels
 JK> good though, when I'm up to it.. just more muscles to stretch.

I can't even stretch an octave--small hands.  Somebody said that after
40 life is just patch, patch, patch.  Some days I'm inclined to agree.
(G)


 JK> > He is.  He helped a bit with supper; the biggest help being that he
 JK> > cleaned up the fry pan I used to cook the egg plant in.  Said he
 JK> needed > the study break. (G)

 JK> I can understand that.. when I have to lift some of those cast iron
 JK> pans, Ron is right there (g).. I'm used to just grabbing them off the
 JK> rack behind the center island.. but these days I don't mind asking for
 JK> help :)

Definately a help.  We're going to rearrainge that cabinet (if possible)
so the fry pans are on the bottom, pots on the top half (would rather
have a full but .......) shelf.  Can't hang anything too heavy on the
wall, even if we had the space.

>> so much more finely milled than you can accomplish with some mills.
>> Just for some fine cakes that we enjoy, etc.

 JK> > We can mill quuite fine.  I use whole wheat pastry flour for baked
 JK> goods

 JK> Yes, you can on this one as well, but then to get it really fine, you
 JK> need to sift out the kernel which defeats the purpose (g). I don't
 JK> mind just using Arthur's unbleached for some things.. it's a good
 JK> flour.

Our mill grinds flour so fine that the kernel is all ground up in it.
Means I keep the flour in the fridge, limiting space there but it stays
fresh.

 JK> > and they disappear.  Fun part of that is most people don't realise
 JK> > they're eating "healthy"; they just enjoy the goodies.

 JK> haha - there's that :)

Talking with a friend from church about it today; we're cooking in a
couple of weeks.  She was wondering how to sneak some tofu in but
decided she probably couldn't--this time.


>> Same here.. It's a good thing those buckets really maintain the
>> kernels well, though I also have a dessicant packet in each of them.

 JK> > I'm pretty sure these have them as well.

 JK> I bought a ton of them with my last order from the grain site.. If I
 JK> can find them (there in this mess somewhere (bg)), I'll give you a
 JK> bunch if you need them.

Have to run that one by Steve.


>> Exactly (g).  A cake I made yesterday with Arthur's flour come out
>> like a dream in that older one.. today I want to try some mill ground
>> flour in a bread recipe, or some pasta.  We'll see. (g).  It's made by
>> Hobart so I expect it'll be ok. I also went to Hobart's site on a
>> lark, just to see what they're selling these days.. they had a mixer
>> there for $2000.00+ that did not have the wattage that the old
>> Kitchenaid mixer has (g).. I think that expensive one only had 1.6 HP
>> as opposed to the 250W of the old one.  Maybe my math is backwards,
>> but I don't think so (g).

Something sounds odd there.

 JK> > I don't know but treat the old one gently and it'll keep giving you
 JK> good > service.

 JK> Yes, should do fine.  I made the pizza dough with it today.  4 cups of
 JK> was no problem for it.. and since it's really just the two of us, I
 JK> don't expect any big problems.

Mine says no more than 8 cups of whole wheat flour--which is the max I
use in bread making anyway.  Last few loaves have taken about 7.40 cups.


 JK> > See you soon!

 JK> Maybe I'll even have my ankle-biters trained to be polite dogs by then
 JK> lol :) They're not so bad, really.. and they MOSTLY go outside when
 JK> nature calls (g).

That last is a big help! (G)


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Ruth
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