So. My order from the fantastic
buywholefoodsonline.co.uk arrived.
Fortunately DH was out, so I could unpack and experiment without an audience.
I opened all the bags, and then put a teeny tiny pile of each, in a row, on the floor. Tilda walked through the row, but she did stop to try the cracked wheat.
I tried them myself. Not from the floor. The packet of
Seven Seed Mix for Bread was really lovely. Even better tha the
Five Seed Mixthat we get from Shipton Mill. I spooned out some yoghurt for myself, Tilda, and Washburn, and I sprinkled 7SM on mine. Really lovely.
I knew I'd never be able to tell the items apart without the bags, so I thought I'd take some pictures.
I made up a plate for Tilda, and photographed that first:
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| Starting at the top and working clockwise: groats, cracked wheat, toasted buckwheat, Millet, Flaked Millet, |
I gave her the plate and she ate the flaked millet.
I then got interested in trying to capture all the grains, so I swapped lenses on the camera, and here are the results:
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| Groats |
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| Millet |
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| FLaked Millet |
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| Toasted Buckweat |
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| Cracked Wheat |
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| 7 Seed Blend for Bread |
The pics are interesting, but not sure that they would really help me recognise any of them. So I took another couple of photos for reference.
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| Ingredients list for the 7 seed blend |
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| The 5 grains previously mentioned, plus some of yesterday's pot barley (top row, second from left) |
I had anticipated that Tilda would reject some (most) of the offerings. I ordered two interesting looking wholefood cookbooks, so I will be seeing what I can do myself with the stuff I've bought. I think my brother might have a dry container for the Vitamix, so I might borrow that to make some flours.
I'll let you know how I get on....
