Re: Flour - Castle Valley Mill
feeding three teenagers is a challenge! I remember the competition when there were five of us sibings all in the teenage years at once.....
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Jenny Swanson
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Re: Flour - Castle Valley Mill
I¡¯m lucky that I¡¯ve got room in the unfinished basement for the freezers to put things into. I¡¯ve had trouble in the past with mice chewing through plastic (and I know that there are mice in my
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Melisande R. Wolf
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Re: Flour - Castle Valley Mill
I found food grade storage containers on Chewy (meant for pet food) that I¡¯m using to store the flour not in the fridge. No way I could fit 40 lbs of flour in an already stuffed fridge. They¡¯re
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Anmiryam Budner
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Re: Flour - Castle Valley Mill
Thanks - I have an in to GFS- a big food supplier through my brother. We're just seeing about quantities - I live in a small house and can't store more than 10lbs of flour. Craig did find a 50lb bag
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Stephannie Roy
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Re: Flour - Castle Valley Mill
Not that it¡¯s at all local to you, but I¡¯ve got a friend in Winnipeg who always buys her flour from a local mill near her. I can ask her if you¡¯re interested, and maybe there¡¯s something more
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Melisande R. Wolf
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Re: Flour - Castle Valley Mill
I've been reading about flour too - turns out Canadian All Purpose flour is comparable to US bread flour in protein (about 13%) - something to do with the type of wheat grown here (hard red or white
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Stephannie Roy
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Re: Flour - Castle Valley Mill
I freeze a lot of things that are shelf stable but last longer in frozen, like nuts, some whole grains, and flours. Back in the days before Corona, it let me stock up on some things that only come
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Melisande R. Wolf
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#729
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Re: Flour - Castle Valley Mill
We call it "plain flour" over here in the Uk. We certainly have it. I didn't know you could freeze flour (not that my freezer is big enough to spare space for that). Live and learn. Jenny
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Jenny Swanson
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Re: Flour - Castle Valley Mill
I use a lot more all-purpose flour (which I understand from some reading I've been doing in my quest to understand what the heck is going on with my sourdough is a uniquely American thing) than whole
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Melisande R. Wolf
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Re: Flour - Castle Valley Mill
So glad I could help! Let me know how it bakes up. I've got 10 lbs of the bolted hard whole wheat (I think it's that one) in the freezer, but am still (barely) on my last bag of storebought flour. I'm
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Melisande R. Wolf
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Re: Flour - Castle Valley Mill
Eggs, yes, with you! DH being at home for seven weeks straight for the first time since 2010 (!!!) was amazed on how many eggs a household can get through. He was amazed by quite a few other things
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Jenny Swanson
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Re: Flour - Castle Valley Mill
I haven¡¯t had a problem with All-Purpose Flour. We stocked up a bit early on when Em went to Whole Foods, I¡¯ve gotten some delivered from our local grocery store and found some 10 lb bags on offer
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Anmiryam Budner
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Re: Flour - Castle Valley Mill
It was Melisande....
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PATTERSON, ELISABETH <ep506y@...>
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Oh no! He wants to go outside. He just hates wearing a mask, realizes it is necessary and therefore wants it to be as perfect and easy as possible. He hates all the disinfecting, washing hands, etc.
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Jaya Srikrishnan
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Re: Flour - Castle Valley Mill
Lucky you, I haven't seen flour in a shop in 8 weeks! And the big sacks you can order online are only orderable for about 15 minutes each day before the production is sold out for that day.
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Jenny Swanson
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Flour - Castle Valley Mill
Who was handing out the link to this mill in Doylestown? Was it Lise? Melisande? All I can say is thank you! I ordered both 10 lbs of whole wheat and 10 lbs of bolted whole wheat on Friday and it was
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Anmiryam Budner
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Re: masks and such
Everyone knows I am production sewing. Yesterday, I reached the point you are at Jaya. I¡¯ve got other things I want to do with my time. I¡¯m done. (As soon as I stitch the ones I already cut, that
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Ann McManus
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Re: masks and such
Is anyone but me wondering if he really doesn¡¯t want to go outside? Ann in PA Sent: Monday, May 4, 2020 8:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [yarnmongers] masks and such ¡°DH today asked
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Ann McManus
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Re: masks and such
Exactly!
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Jaya Srikrishnan
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Re: masks and such
Shaking my head and LOL! Ann in PA Sent: Monday, May 4, 2020 8:37 AM To: yarnmongers <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [yarnmongers] masks and such Yesterday my sister saw the masks I made for her
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Ann McManus
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