Subj : Maple Syrple
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Wed Jul 02 2025 15:11:47

Hi Dave,

 DD> We had, and used a hammer-mill as well as a wind-deiven stone stone
 DD> mill. When my grand-dad made whole wheat bread it was, most assuredly,
 DD> whole grain whole whesat.

 RH> We have had a mill for almost 20 years and grind our own wheat, rye,
 RH> etc. Don't do corn as I don't use much corn meal so when I do need it,
 RH> I'll buy a small bag of it.

 DD> Given Steve's unfortunate allergy that only makes sense.

And it keeps half of forever in the fridge or freezer.


 DD> I'll bet my grandmother heaved a big sigh of relief when Holsum Bread
 DD> in St. Louis (50 miles away) began selling pre-sliced, wrapped loaves
 DD> of bread in 1928. I wasn't there to see it. But, I know haw she worked.

 RH> Yes, it is a bit of work to make bread, especially by hand (I now use
 RH> my KA mixer) as I used to do 8 loaves at a time. Mixer only does 2 but
 RH> it saves a lot of wear & tear on my hands and wrists.

 DD> I use the bread machine - but bake it in the "real" oven.

I usually use the bread machine for pizza crust, rolls, etc. Used to use
it all the time for bread but then got the KA.


 DD> Fortunalety I am well controlled enough that I can aschew the fake
 DD> sugar (except in soda). But I do use it if making things for others
 DD> ....

 RH> I use it straight in a few things, sometimes will do half and half,
 RH> stevia and sugar for baking. The stevia for baking measures the same as
 RH> sugar but we found that using all stevia would leave a bitter after
 RH> taste. Cutting it half and half with sugar didn't leave the aftertaste
 RH> and reduced the carbs by a good amount.

 DD> Sugar Twin works about the same way - but I've never had a bitter
 DD> aftertaste. Saccharine used to give me a bitter-bite bsck in the day
 DD> before they over- dosed all those lab rats and gave them cancer.  Bv)=

 DD> But, that's odd because ST is mostlu saccharine and Stevia is
 DD> "natural".

That is a head scratcher. (G)

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Ruth
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