Posted: 3/10/2008 12:49:40 PM EDT
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Specifically what kind of wheat do you buy and how do you use it (when rotating old food out or SHTF)? I do a decent amount of cooking, but have never worked with whole wheat. What are the preps, processes and recipes you use for wheat? Thanks. |
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Look for a Hard Red Winter Wheat if you plan on storing it. As for the rest I dont mean to come off rude but you would be better off googling the needed info. The uses of wheat are so many that it is too much for this forum. Here are a few sites to get you started. Omni www.wheatmontana.com www.waltonfeed.com Cooking recipes |
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Process and recipes? My wife occasionally makes "cracked wheat" breakfast. She pours it into our Bosch blender and cracks/breaks it up. Then she pours in water and perhaps a dash of salt and prepares it like "cream of wheat" cereal. If you're storing wheat a wheat grinder is another good idea. Then you can make it into flour and use it that way for baking. |
Thanks for the advise on the type. I did google and found a ton of info (recipes, etc.), but just wanted to see what folks who actually use a ton of this stuff prefer. |
Great info, thank you. |
We use it in our daily cooking and use much more hard white and soft white than the hard red. If you want to actually use it you must get a mill and I would suggest an electric one. If you want a hand crank for power emergencies I would recommend getting one but get a powered one first. |
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Hard red or a white wheat is great to have and store. You have several options on storing it: 5/6gal food grade buckets--stores nearly forever #10 cans w/ an oxygen absorber--ditto I have about 3-4 buckets of red and 2-3 buckets of white (I am wanting to double that). What I use it for: Homemade, fresh milled bread, pancakes, and cereals. |
Why do you prefer white over red for daily use? |
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We just like the taste better for most things. The white is a lighter flavor than the red and my wife and daughter are white bread girls. I like the red for bread and rolls if what your eating them with is very heavy in flavor. If your not careful all you will taste is the bread with the red. We use the soft white for most anything that does not need to rise like pancakes or muffins. There is a different taste to any of the wheat you mill yourself and the processed and bleached wheat you buy in the store. My advise is get a lb of each and see what you like before you buy a 100 lbs of something. |
Awesome. This is exactly what I needed to know. Thanks for the help! |