Wheat Grinding

[jansman]

Now then,where do us Brits buy hard wheat?Answer that and then I'll look at grinding equipment.

Not sure if this is any help???
http://www.browfarmwheatproducts.co.uk/bread_wheat.htm

Thankyou.I have just learned something.I thought this kind of food/storage was just a USA thing.

[Big fat bill]

Just found a great Wheat grinder on Ebay USA for only £14.

Shipping to the UK by UPS............$503.00 !!!!!!!!!! WTF?

Some people are not on this planet.

Be lucky

That will be next day or 3 day air delivery. I used to get 1 tonne pallets delivered by sea for £26 on a 15 day delivery time. It is a pain in the backside setting up the delivery for the first time but if you plan to import from the USA then it's worth it.

Ask the seller ( if he's a business) for a list of companies that operate near him and export to the UK. You can then approach them to send the parcel on the sellers behalf and as they have accounts set up it's a doddle.

HTH

[Big fat bill]

Now then,where do us Brits buy hard wheat?Answer that and then I'll look at grinding equipment.

http://organicmill.co.uk/

[Big fat bill]

Cheers Su, nice little grain mill on that link as well for £45

The buckets are expensive tho'

[Bladerunner]

I contacted the farm in Ormskirk and asked if I could pick up in person as I only live 20 miles away and they said yes, as long as I call first as they do not have a shop.

I also contacted the guy in America and they said they were having a problem with their postage calculator. You can say that again.

That price for a pallet sounds great, just couldn't afford to fill the pallet though.

Be lucky

[preppingsu]

Food grade buckets
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Smiths-of-the- ... 34.c0.m322

Are they any better?

[Big fat bill]

http://www.ampulla.co.uk/product.asp?P_ ... ory=basket

just done a quick search....

[Big fat bill]

http://www.browfarmwheatproducts.co.uk/grain_mill.htm

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/13303/Grain-Mill

Take your pick !!
The lakeland one has been discontinued but if they are selling for £15 there must be other suppliers selling the same or similar for less than £48
BFB

[Rosesandtea]

It's not easy to find a mill but they are out there. I have one like the Brow farm one (in fact got it from there) but I also have a mill attachment which fits on my Kenwood mixer which makes a much quicker job of it - have had that since 1997 and I continue to use and love it. There is a large grain mill sold in the US - the country living one - would love to have that, but just can't afford it. I wish I could have a place large enough to import things like that and sell them here.

re: wheat - do ask your local farmer - some are willing to sell wheat. I buy mine from my farmer friend who attends the same church as I and in fact my backyard backs onto his fields.

We don't get the bread wheat in this area, there is not enough sunshine for it, but he sells me both hard biscuit wheat and soft biscuit wheat. The hard biscuit wheat is not like the Canadian/ US stuff, but it works well enough. And if I don't have easy access to a working oven I'm not sure how many sandwich loaves I'd be attempting to make anyway - pitta bread and the like might be what I do more of. But anyway, the hard biscuit wheat is fine.

I got in extra wheat this year and sold some buckets to some people on another forum. The cost of the buckets I got from Ampulla, plus the wheat (around 36 pounds of it), was £6.73 this year - which was lower than last years.

I might have a previous year's bucket or two if anyone is interested. Or if any are interested in going in for next year's harvest, it might can be arranged, depending on what life is like for me at that time.

[nickdutch]

it also depends on the quantity that you want to use and how often.
Maybe even a stone mortar and pestle if it be big enough would be ok