On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 16:13:24 +0000, Karen wrote:

> Mac wrote the following on 2/27/2005 12:54 AM:
>> But I have a solution for you! If you want freshly milled wheat, go
>> to Whole Foods, take about 5 lbs of wheat berries from the bin area,
>> and bring them over to the coffee area. Then put the wheat berries in
>> the store's coffee mill, and grind away!
>
> I know you are joking about this, but I hope no one gets any ideas. If
> someone with celiac sprue grinds their coffee beens after someone has
> been using the grinder to grind wheat they will get very, very sick when
> they drink their coffee. In fact, I think I'll get my mother her own
> grinder just in case someone is tempted to try this...
>
> Karen R.


Karen,

I'm very sorry. After all, with google and such, these posts do get
archived for all to read for a long time. Sometimes I tend to forget that.

On the plus side, coffee really is much better when it is made from
freshly ground beans.

So just to be clear, I was joking about grinding wheat (or anything but
coffee) in the dedicated coffee mills at any store. And just in case
anyone thinks it is a good idea, it isn't, because the wheat would
undoubtedly taste AWFUL after going through a coffee grinder.

What might be a good idea is to try to convince whole foods (or other
stores) to provide a dedicated grain grinder. They already have juicers,
coffee grinders, and even nut butter machines, so why not a grain mill?

--Mac