YES!! Are you as excited as I am? Isn't this a fabulous give-away? USA Emergency Supply has generously donated this wonderful hand mill that would be perfect for grinding grains when the electricity is out. Or when it's not! And if you've never tried grinding your own grains, this is a reasonably priced mill to start with.
The Back To Basics Hand Mill easily grinds and mills wheat, corn, rice, oats, barley, soybeans, seeds, nuts, pepper-corns, peanuts, and more. It's light weight, stores easily, and secures to your counter or table top for use. In just one minute, you can grind approximately 1/2 cup of flour.
To enter the give-away, just visit USA Emergency Supply and look around. Be sure to check out their information section where you can learn about different kinds of grains. Then come back and tell me what grain you would like to try in the Back To Basics Mill and what you would make with it in an emergency situation. You must be a follower to enter this give-away, but you are welcome to join Homestead Revival right now! I always like making more friends!
(This give-away ends Thursday, July 22 at midnight PST).
I would love to have freshly ground corn meal, and I think it would be marvelous in an emergency situation. Corn cakes would be a snap cooked in a cast iron skillet utilizing a variety of heat sources. Corn muffins or cornbread does well in a solar oven.
ReplyDeleteI do wheat, so I'd like to try my Prairie Gold in it and then make up some delish whole wheat bread...and lather some honey all over it. Yum.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to get one of these!!
Rye interests me because I've had no experience with it beyond commercial flour. So if the power was out, how about some rye flat-bread prepared on the grill? We make pizza on the grill, so flat bread would work too, right?
ReplyDeleteI would like to try to grind millet, and I just bought some hard red wheat at the Farmers market so I would try that too! Then I could try my hand at millet bread or pancakes.
ReplyDeleteJust signed up as a follower to enter this giveaway. I had never visited the USA Emergency Supply site before, and I enjoyed reading about the history of hard red wheat. Who knew it originated in Iraq? I bake whole-wheat bread in cooler weather, so I would grind flour to make the best-ever loaves. Cheers! Donna
ReplyDeleteI would buy rye, wheat and oats to make bread.
ReplyDeleteHi there, Can you please enter me in the hand mill give a way. I would like to use it to grind my flax seeds. I like to buy them whole and grind them. But if I had it I can try grinding other grains. Which is something I have thought of doing for awhile now.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the source information. I went over there quickly this am but plan on spending some time over there tonight after work... Thanks again!
I'd love to try wheat, just because it's the most versatile to me, and I haven't ground my own before. I'm just beginning to prep my household, and it's a big task! Making whole wheat crackers (like wheat thins) would be great!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great resource! We have been thinking about getting a grain mill- what a great opportunity! I want to grind wheat (to start). As far as what I would make, I'm going to need some help here. Everything I can think of would require electricity to bake- muffins, pancakes, bread, etc. Great giveaway- thanks!!
ReplyDeleteI have been wanting my own grain mill for a while now. (Instead of always borrowing my friends!) We have quite a few instances during the winter where we lose power. This not only would be great in those situations but it would also be great to use to simply conserve on energy! Thanks for the chance Amy! :)
ReplyDeleteI would like to see how it grinds wheat. I have an electric grinder, but I'd like to have one that I can use if we don't have power. Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to try rye and barley! This is an exciting giveaway!
ReplyDeleteJust signed up as a follower :-)
Thanks!
It would be a toss up. In an emergency situation I would want to serve comfort food to my husband and kidos. I think wheat for a hardy pancake breakfast and corn meal to make corn bread. Yum. Yum.
ReplyDeleteI was going to say kamut for making pancakes. We really like kamut pancakes...but I wasn't seeing kamut on their website in the whole grains section. (Did I overlook it?) So I guess I'd have to say white soft wheat, as we like pancakes made from white whole wheat too.
ReplyDeletePlease enter me in your hand mill give away. I would like to learn how to grind corn into corn meal and incorporate it into my cooking and baking. Interesting how commercial cornmeal has been stripped of important nutrients and minerals needed for optimum health.
ReplyDeleteI would love to grind my own white wheat. I have been having to buy all my organic wheat at the grocery store and it's getting to be quite expensive! In an emergency situation, ground wheat can be used to make just about everything we need (bread, crackers, pasta).
ReplyDeleteFor some reason this give away reminds me of the Little House books. When they were stuck in that horrible blizzard with almost no food and they had to grind wheat with a coffee mill. If I win this then that won't happen to me! Of course...I live in south Georgia. So I don't think any blizzards will be coming my way! Ha! But we do have power outages. I think I would grind wheat and make bread. I just love homemade bread!
ReplyDeleteI would start with wheat berries. I'd love to win, I have never ground my own flour & its something I've been wanting to do.
ReplyDeleteSigh. I know 3 things off the bat that I'd like to grind. Corn, rice and buckwheat. I have buckwheat grains sitting in my freezer just waiting to be ground. I had access to a grinder at one point in time but no longer and it is on our list of things to obtain.
ReplyDeleteIn an emergency situation I would grind oats, because they can be added to just about anything as a filler; or, I would grind wheat berries for bread.
ReplyDeleteI had never heard of USA Emergency Supply before, thanks for the link.
Bethany
I think it would be a toss up between wheat and corn. There are SO many different things you can do with wheat flour (breads in a solar oven or tortillas on a hot surface like an open fire). But you could also make a lot of things with corn meal, like mush over an open fire. The hand mill would be awesome!
ReplyDeleteGreat giveaway!
I found the food storage FAQ's intresting since I'm a newbie at doing long term storage. I'd use the mill ALL THE TIME, but also for grinding wheat for my bread. I'm trying to make a solar oven which is how I'd bake it. :)
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I'd really love to try Kamut to make our bread. I like the higher protein content and would like to see if my wheat-sensitive sister can tolerate it.
ReplyDeleteI would use the spring white wheat, and I would use it to make bread or tortillas. :)
ReplyDeleteI would try buckwheat. My mjother used to make buckwheat pancakes for me all the time as a young girl. So that would be fun to have those again. I think I'd make sure to always have some on hand in the freezer...because if the power went out, I could just thaw them out and eat them. They're pretty filling and buckwheat is supposed to be good for you too!!! I love the taste!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting this giveaway. I did flag that website too. I'm going to check it some more later today.
Love and hugs from Oregon, Heather :)
Oh! How I would love to win this!! I just ordered 100 lbs of hard wheat from a local farmer and am going to have to borrow a friend's grinder. I am looking into getting an electric mill in the next year or two, but it bothers me that it wouldn't work in the case of a real emergency or power outage. I love things that don't rely on electricity!
ReplyDeleteI would love to use this to primarily grind hard wheat for bread, but eventually I want to grind my own cornmeal and corn flour to avoid GMO corn in store-bought products! I see a lot of potential uses for this product!!
My mother-in-law has one of these grinders & she makes the best breads & rolls! I just found your blog & I love it! I think I would try wheat with the grinder so I can make bread for my family. I have seen bread made in cast iron skillets so I think in an emergency situation I could make bread over a fire. If I win this I know my mother-in-law would be glad to show me how to make whole wheat bread with freshly ground wheat. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteIt would be nice to have my own grinder instead of borrowing my mom's. I'd like to try hard white wheat
ReplyDeleteI'm actually wanting to mill the hard red wheat I have in my house stored for an emergency, I just don't have a way to grind it yet.
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I have been eye balling mills for some time so this giveaway is extra exciting for me. I am thinking wheat is what I would be interested in grinding....only because I use so much of it!
ReplyDeleteHi Amy...what a wonderful give-away! I'd love to try grinding my own corn for cornmeal...can you imagine how good cornmeal muffins would be made with your own fresh cornmeal! I'd also grind wheat...bet the bread would be wonderful with your own fresh whole wheat added. Yes please put me in for your give-away....thank you! I hope you're having a wonderful day. Maura :)
ReplyDeleteI grind my own wheat now, but it is an electric grinder and I have been reading you posts about emergency preparedness and I think it would be wonderful to have a hand cranked one for that situation. thanks!
ReplyDeleteHi Amy. I've been a follower of your blog for awhile (which I eagerly anticipate each day)and I love the USA Emergency Supply Website. I've referred to it so many times for information and I really need to make some purchases to support them. I would be most interested in the corn. We eat a lot of corn products. I try to buy organic, nongmo, chips and tortillas but I would just love to be able to make them myself. I think having some chips and salsa (with veggies from the garden) in the middle of an emergency would bring a sense of normalcy and comfort to my family.
ReplyDeleteI'd really like to give a grain mill a try. Since I have my first ears of corn growing right now, I'd use those to make chips since these are the one snack I always have in the house. Thanks for the giveaway and I am so glad to stumble on your blog!
ReplyDeleteI would choose wheat to grind, as I have baked bread with it for years, and have always wanted to grow my own and grind it. I know "bread baking", and would love to take this to the next step, but obviously, not in an emergency situation unless absolutely necessary. This is a great idea and I would certainly love to try it!
ReplyDeleteAmy,I would love to have one for flax seeds, but I would use it for wheat and corn when I couldn't use my electric mill. Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteI grind all of our own grains for flour. I now use an electric grinder which is wonderful...when the power is on!
ReplyDeleteI would probably try some white whole wheat first and make some pan bread on our woodstove!
Thanks for the chance to win...Kim
A grain mill is on my wish list, not so much for emergency, but for the sake of fresher flour and less rancidity.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to grind almonds for cakes and the like, and rye to try pumpernickel bread and bagels, and wheat and oats and corn and...
I am wheat intolerant and would love a grain mill to experiment with Amaranth, in particular, as well as other gluten free grains. I have found only 1 store bought bread that is gluten free that is tasty and would like to improve that taste for my family by baking my own.
ReplyDeleteMy dad worked at a restored grist mill when I was growing up, and we always had fresh ground cornmeal. In the summertime, he would build a campfire and bake cornbread in a dutch oven buried in the coals. I probably won't bake cornbread outside, but I would love to taste fresh cornmeal again.
ReplyDeleteI would love to grind my own wheat berries. My best friend has a mill similar to this one and she loves it!
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting this giveaway!
I would love to grind my own wheat to make bread. Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI choose wheat... I love wheat it has most of the nutrients that you need and you can make mostly anything you want with it. In an emergency situation I would probably do what I always do... make bread every two weeks I handmake the bread my family needs for that duration and its a nice quiet time with myself when I am kneading. I have been wanting to raise my own wheat to grind. I think most of us in an emergency will be alright since we are all slowly or at breakneck speed going back to the basics. :-)
ReplyDeleteAmaranth has always fascinated me; I'd like to grind that or wheat berries.
ReplyDeleteI would love to have this mill! We have yet to invest in one. I have a bag of kamut and soft white wheat waiting to be milled. I've been soaking whole grains and using my blender to grind them the next morning.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting this link! I've been trying to find a place to get pearled barely in bulk. This is awesome.
ReplyDeleteIf I were to get a grinder I'd have to try out some of their specialty grains but ultimately I'd want to grind my own cornmeal.
I would love to be able to grind out my own Millet. Along with almonds and other nuts. We are a gluten free family, due to health and developmental issues, and use many different types of flours. It would be awesome to be able to grind my own!
ReplyDeleteI've never milled any grains, so I think I will start with the basic wheat berries!
ReplyDeleteTo tell you the truth, I would try any grain I could get my hands on. I have never used fresh ground grain for making bread and I think it would be wonderful to try. I'm a newby at homemaking and homesteading, so this hand mill would be great for me to get started and try it out!
ReplyDeleteI would love to grind up corn to make corn bread. If the power was out it would be easy to make and with a big slab of butter and some honey...very comforting! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to try fresh ground corn. I love making cornbread. I also would like to know if there's a way to make your own farina.
ReplyDeleteI would love to have a grain mill, been wanting to get one for a long time. With three little boys, this would come in handy every day, let alone in a power outage. Although, in a power outage, I would probably make peanut butter with ground up peanuts. That would go a long way in appeasing three little boys (and the big one too) :)
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ReplyDeleteI would want to try soft white wheat, I have heard so much about it but never been able to try it - I don't know anyone with a wheat grinder , I am super excited about this give-away. I would try my hand at tortillas or flatbread on my coal stove oven if there was an emergency and I could grind my own!
ReplyDeleteWell I think, oat, corn, wheat and anything else that comes by the grinder I just won.....it would be great fun.
ReplyDeleteI would grind the organic rice my son grows here in California and use it to "flour" our home-grown chicken pieces before frying them in homemade butter! MMMMMMMMMMMMMM....
ReplyDeleteHow great!! hmm....Well if it's an emergency situation I'd be torn between the wheat and the corn to have the ability to make easily made bread products (bread, tortillas, corncakes, etc). But based on their list I'd also lean toward some popcorn too :) Because even an emergency situation calls for some happy moments. And in my house popping popcorn over a fire or on the stove (we don't eat the microwave variety) means smilies and family time and it's nearly a nightly thing around here. So that would be a nice treat to have on hand!
ReplyDeleteThanks for a great giveaway!
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