Roseta - corn & stone grinder

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Yes, I did know that about corn but hadn't thought of it in years. Did you

know that the " old-timers " always planted three kernels of seed corn to each

hill.....one for the worm, one for the crow and one to grow. Kinda like

planting by

the signs which both sets of my grandparents and my dad did.....and we do as

well. Always

plant above ground crops in the full of the moon and below ground crops in the

dark of

the moon. And my daddy used to tell me that my Grandmother Mary Elizabeth

(Lizzie)

Davis, was out in the plowed up garden on February 14th to plant her lettuce

no matter

if there was snow on the ground, freezing weather or a pretty day....and her

lettuce always

made heads. They lived in Pulaski, Illinois and were married in 1897. My

daddy was their

youngest child of their 6, and he was born in 1918, 21 years into their

marriage. My daddy

loved to garden too.

 

There were both corn and beans found in the Anasazi cliff dwellings out of

Cortez, Colorado in Mesa Verde National Park when the cliff dwellings were first

discovered in the 1800's. The beans were subsequently called Anasazi beans and

some of the corn found was blue. According to the guide we had, some of the

beans and corn still spouted although the Anasazi disappeared suddenly from the

area about 1300 a.d. I love Anasazi beans.....they don't have to presoak

like pintos, are slightly sweeter naturally and best of all....don't give you

gas!! The only bad thing is that they are hard to find. I am hoping to order

some from the Dove Creek Milling Company in Cortez, Co. next spring......a 50

lb. bag, I hope. Shipping is a real killer anymore.

 

 

Here is the kind of stone grinder I have..... Look at Item number:

130244210578, Magic Mill Stone Grinder for Wheat and other grains..........on

ebay. Or try this link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem & item=130244210578 & fromMakeTrack=tr\

ue & ssPageName=VIP:Watchlink:middle:us

 

It takes up very little room. I bought it second hand in 1981 for $100.00

from a friend of the woman/dealer, that I bought my Bosch Universal from....it

was purchased new in 1976 and has a hardwood cabinet. The lady wanted to get

one of the new Magic Mill II's, which is an impact mill and her husband said she

could not buy a new one unless she sold the old one. I was extremely happy to

get it and it has served me very well. I don't know if she was happy with her

new impact mill or not (It sounded like a jet engine winding up to me...I

couldn't stand the noise.) I can't even tell you the number of bushels of

wheat and other grains it has ground for me in those 28 years. I have never

had a moments trouble out of it. I am also happy to see that if I wanted to

sell it, I could most likely get a lot more for it than I paid for it.....that's

cool. But, one of my daughters will get it someday when I don't need it

anymore.

 

Right now we have about 300 lbs. of hard white wheat, 45 lbs. of hard red

wheat, 45 lbs. of Triticale plus small amounts of other grains like oat groats,

barley, soft wheat berries, and rye berries. I usually grind the grain right

before I make the bread dough......can't get any fresher or more nutritious than

that......at least I don't think so.

 

Good luck with your corn growing......

Nancy C.

East Texas

 

Nancy,

 

I am not very experienced growing corn and this is my fist somewhat

successful year. Reading a lot about it helps, mainly figuring out

how crops reproduce is key....did you know corn is really a mutated

grass that could not reproduce by itself but need human intervention?

Fascinating.

 

A stone grinding grain mill? Does that take up a lot of space?

 

I will let you guys know how the tamales turn out when I make them. I

want to stuff them with peppers but I am waiting for the right peppers

to mature.

 

Roseta