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Pat's Product Review: Family Grain Mill
I learned to cook out of necessity – I was raised by my grandmother, and she was one of the worse cooks, ever! However, she managed to raise 9 children and myself, but her cooking ability was lacking. So when I was quite young I started experimenting in the kitchen and learned to cook on my own. Of course, over the years, I learned a lot from other folks along the way. And, being from Chicago, and being Sicilian, I learned to cook some great Sicilian style Italian meals. My pasta sauce is next to none. Now, with that said, I can’t bake for diddly! That’s my wife’s department. So, when I received the Family Grain Mill from Internet Prepper, I turned to my lovely wife for her assistance. She was raised on a ranch, and knows quite a bit about baking and cooking from scratch.
The Family Grain Mill can be had in different configurations – you can have a complete “system” with the right attachments. You can set-up your Family Grain Mill as a stand alone set-up, using the hand-crank for those times when the power is out. Or, you can use the optional stand alone electric motor attachment. If you have some other kitchen appliances, like the Bosch or Kitchen Aid mixers, you can attach your Family Grain Mill to those for faster wheat grinding with an adapter attachment. And, it’s very easy to alternate between using the hand-crank or the electric motor. What my wife really liked about the whole thing was that it was extremely quick and easy to set-up. She’s not mechanically minded, and doesn’t enjoy having to read through a long list of steps to put something together.
The quality of the Family Grain Mill is outstanding – made by Messerschmidt in Germany, for the past 27 years. This is top-notch in all respects. However, this mill isn’t nearly as expensive as some other mills on the market, in fact, it is quite a bit less expensive – and I enjoy saving a buck whenever I can, while still getting the best quality I can afford. These days, we all need to spend our hard-earned money wisely. Any more, if something isn’t a “deal” in my book – I’ll just pass on it. I’ve got to get the most and best I can afford. Made from premium Lexan and hardened surgical steel burrs, and BPA free, the mill is capable of a lifetime of dependable service.
Fast, light, and easy to use, this was important to my wife (and, “no” I still don’t know how to use it– I just watched my wife). A cup of fine flour is produced in approximately one minute from wheat grain, with the electric base installed and just two minutes with the hand-crank installed. More importantly, the hand-crank base turns easily, even a child can turn it. The large 5-cup open-top hopper allows for continuous grinding, too. Another feature the wife liked is that clean-up is fast and easy, and dust-free.
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