We do too!

Thanks for watching and leaving us a message! You’re going to love the mill for many years to come.

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Thanks for watching. Yes we are very happy with it. It’s good to have that’s for sure.

Bill Laut that’s awesome. Congratulations. I told you they are good. :) let me know how things go. I ground some cornmeal yesterday and just smiled. Lol. Stay safe Bill! - Tom

Bill Laut I’d love to see a video making the semolina flour. I haven’t tried that one. - Tom

@@OutdoorsandCountryLiving I have the popcorn and peanuts ready to grind tomorrow. I will also return to making the perfect loaf of whole-wheat bread. This is a great and grand prep for myself. Besides canning food into Mason jars, a next step includes milling my own flour to bake my bread in a Kitchen Queen wood stove. We're talking "hard core" self- Sufficiency. As the "son of an engineer," I'm applying my skills to that objective. I can't wait!

Bill Laut awesome!! Lol. What are you doing with the popcorn? We use dent corn for our cornmeal. I’ve never ground popcorn. Lol Wood stove cooking will be good. We grew up with a wood stove and cooked many meals on it. We used to wrap potatoes in foil and put in the stove along the side with hot coals. I’m doing some research on some solar solutions for some projects I’m thinking about. It’s always fun stuff. :) shoot some footage of that bad boy doing work and share. I enjoy sharing experiences and knowledge. It’s good stuff. I’m excited to see what you make. - Tom

@@OutdoorsandCountryLiving I'm not yet set up for making videos. I have two or three 30-second demonstrations of psychokinesis, but anything more elaborate has to wait until I buy a GoPro camera and add editing software. Milling semolina is easy. Because durum is one of the hardest grains, you set the burrs for a somewhat finer grain. When it is milled correctly, the flour has a light yellow color. If it's too coarse, it will have a darker color. I suggest buying a bag of Bob's Red Mill Semolina to use for a comparison. When you have the burrs set correctly, the GrainMaker will match it perfectly. My primary interest in semolina is to make pasta. Standard ratio is 100 grams per one large egg. Add small amounts of water as needed to get the right texture. Let it rest, covered, for 45 minutes, then roll it out. I use a Marcato 150 machine. Will be adding a ravioli attachment and buy a pasta extruder for making "tube"-like pasta, like elbow macaroni. Served up with homemade meatballs and sauce, it can't be beat -- especially with a homemade bagette!

It turns about 60 rpm at the burr plates. I have a 3/4 HP motor turning 1725 rpm with a small pulley. I then have a V-belt that comes off that to a couple other pullers to reduce the rpm down. A 1/2 HP motor would be plenty but I went with 3/4 hp due to availability when I got it. We love the mill and use it often. Let me know if I can be of any help or answer any other questions. - Tom

Thanks for quick reply. I recall jack shafting a go kart some 60 years ago but it wasn't to slow it down lol

@@barnycanuck6234 I don’t blame you there. Lol

Hey. Sorry I just saw your question. I have a 3/4 HP marathon motor mounded to the lower portion of the table. (The table is just a large wire spool we made a top for). I bought a pulley kit from GrainMaker and use a V-belt to drive the food mill. I wired in a switch to turn it on and off and also added a couple plugs to run a vacuum cleaner for cleanup or to run the chamber vac on the same table. The motor speed is 1725 RPM but with the pulleys it reduces down so the burrs are only running about 60 rpm. You don’t want a food mill running fast and causing heat. Hope this helps? Let me know if you have any other questions. - Tom One other thing.. a 1/2 HP motor would be plenty to run it.

Maybe 10 min total. It doesn’t take too long. Hope you have a blessed day.

I’ve not done hazelnuts but I’ve done peanuts and made peanut butter so I’m sure it would work fine. We love our mill as well. Thanks for watching and the question. Blessings!

Hello! The food mill burrs and guard are removable. We wash them in some hot soapy water being sure to dry them completely after washing. Clean-up is not bad at all! Thanks for watching.

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Simply unsalted roasted peanuts, nothing else.

@@OutdoorsandCountryLiving got it, amazing- making it now and it's coming out just delicious

@@itbehedanielg you can add a little salt or maple syrup if you want but we normally don’t. I used salted peanuts the very first time we made it and it was terribly salty. That won’t happen again. Lol. Let us know how you do!

@@OutdoorsandCountryLiving lol! I just warmed the peanuts up a bit and I'm using a hand mill, so I'm getting a workout at the same time! Haha! This batch, just straight up peanuts. Doesn't need much more, but maple syrup sounds pretty tempting 😋

They come off and I just wash under hot water. Make sure you dry them good when done to help avoid any possible rust but I’ve never an any issues with it. You can use a little dawn dish soap to help wash it if needed. I’d use unsalted peanuts. I used dry roasted salted peanuts the first time and wow was it salty. I love peanuts but the salt really comes through in the peanut butter. You can always add some if you wanted but I use unsalted. I’ve not ground sesame seeds but it should do fine. We have done coffee beans, wheats, corn, peanuts and several other things. Hard red wheat makes some pretty good bread. :) the recipes when using fresh ground flour are slightly different but man is it good. We will get one bread recipes posted soon. Have a great day! - Tom

@@OutdoorsandCountryLiving Thanks for the info. I'm closing on my rural property this month, and likely move spring of next year. Home milling was the last major remaining piece to fulfill my Self-Sufficiency, and now that's accomplished. I agree about the flavor. While waiting for the mill, I went to our local Amish store to buy 50-lb sacks. I have the Hard Red Winter & Spring, Hard & Soft White, 20-lb of Durum for pasta. Still need Soft Red, mostly for crackers. But the taste is phenomenal! Store-bought flour now tastes like chalk dust. Will never go back. Last remaining piece is to figure out how to remove the bran for non-"whole wheat" applications like pizza dough. Once that's done, I'm "good to go!"

Bill Laut - Hey Bill. I was just thinking about you getting your food mill. You will want to mount it to something pretty substantial. I used an old heavy wire spool and put a top on one side. It’s heavy enough it won’t move when cranking by hand. Just something to think about before yours shows up. take care! - Tom

@@OutdoorsandCountryLiving Thank you for the suggestion, but I ordered the table clamp. It clamps the GM securely to the edge of the kitchen counter.

Bill Laut - okay good. You may find it needs a little more when you do wheat and corn. Lol. Keep me posted! - stay safe. - Tom

Hey there! Thanks for watching. It’s a food mill. The burrs in it basically grind and rub the peanuts so fine it makes it into a “butter” or soft texture. You use a different auger for corn and nuts than what you do for smaller grains. The auger helps break the corn/nuts into smaller pieces and push through the tube to the burrs. Hope this makes sense? 😁

It’s handy but requires a little cleanup afterwards. The first time we made peanut butter we used some salted roasted peanuts. Wow…. The salt was so strong you could hardly eat it. It was really concentrated after turning to peanut butter for some reason but we only made that mistake once. 😁

Neither, only takes a few minutes! Thanks for asking.

Yes it’s crazy. It was a little cheaper when we got it but we are glad we did. Prices on everything are outrageous these days.

@@OutdoorsandCountryLiving THANKS FOR YOUR REPLY. I Humbly engraved. Man shall not live by bread alone , BUT BY EVERY WORD OF GOD. I HOPE Everyone live by This. ..

@@OutdoorsandCountryLiving Also ALL YOUR VIDEOS ON THE GRINDER MILL ARE WONDERFUL AND VERY HELPFUL. AND ALL YOUR CANNING VIDEOS TOO!

I ENDED UP DELETING THE WOOD LID TO KEEP IT UNDER $1700. LOL...

@@mossymaple that’s great! Thank you for the kind comments and responses. Let us know if you have any great recipes or questions. Blessings to you.