/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.16542768]

Any recommendations for processing home grown grains, peanuts, and spices/herbs? I'd like a large mortar and pestel but I don't know if it's reasonable or if I should spend a couple hundred on a fancy industrial blender or something.

[Anonymous No.16542832]

It would take too long with a mortar. If you have a Vitamix you can get a special dry grain container for it with specialized blades.

[Anonymous No.16542883]

maybe a big dedicated coffee grinder?

[Anonymous No.16543585]

What sort of volume are you talking about?

[Anonymous No.16544372]

frankly a really big one of those would probably be the best multitasker, I've tried making corn tortillas with a $40 corn grinder and it didn't work that well and wet grain mills are too expensive ($300+ unitasker). Whereas I've also ground spices and nixtamalized corn in a metate and it actually worked pretty well for both of those things. A blender can't really do wet and dry grains very fine at all, whereas one of those can. It's manual, but I've tried using a hand crank corn grinder and it's just as much work for less fine grain. If you live close to the border go dig around at flea markets for a nice big one otherwise I've no idea where to get a reputable one

[Anonymous No.16545115]

>>16544372
If you buy one from the street sellers make sure its a volcanic rock artisanal one instead of a concrete fake one.

[Anonymous No.16545120]

>>16544372
Aren't corn tortilla's made out of nixtamalized corn?

[Anonymous No.16545157]

>>16542832
stop shilling that overpriced blender you fucking faggot

[Anonymous No.16545163]

>>16545157
I'm sure your Nutri Ninja looks very nice on that laminate counter of yours.

[Anonymous No.16545699]

>>16543585
to process a month's worth of grains or more

[Anonymous No.16547507]

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