Latest / Two Tools, No Clue / E7 The Nitty-Gritty of Milling Grain
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- Jey & Anna: Hey everyone, welcome to the Two Tools No Clue podcast. I'm Anna. And I'm Jeidan And today we have no clue about... Milling. What is it and why does it even matter? Why does it matter? We're gonna find out. But first, what's going on around the homestead? Well, I sit before you, 36 years old. And I spent my birthday week fighting off the flu because I'm cool like that. And I got the flu in April. So, yeah, I spent a day on my I had my birthday off, which I thought was really cool. And I ended up going to urgent care because I thought I had strep I did not not strep I had the flu, just the flu. And so this is why I sound like this. I do feel a lot better. I'm not like contagious or anything, but it is all just is still coming out of me. It's also like my sinus season too, so I don't think that's helping. So I think I'm to sound like this for a while. So bear with me. I just want to say for the record that I did not get sick. Yeah, I'm actually really terrified at how maybe either strong and as immune system is or how terribly weak my eyes I don't know what that says. I need to work on it. So Yeah, today we're gonna talk about Milling I Bet milling your own flour would help your immune system, right? ⁓ Gut health is like at the cause of most people's issues today and they don't realize that it is just like the bread we eat that we're not supposed to even process in our bodies and yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I learned this all too late, but I'm glad I know it now. So yeah, we're going to dive into it, I guess. ⁓ wait, what are you? What else is going on? There's got to be something positive. ⁓ our sprouts. see them in front of me, honestly. We repotted them from the little Tupperware that we showed you guys in one of our earlier episodes. And now they're in little pots and they're getting bigger by the day. Yeah. We're very excited. We brought some out to the greenhouse yesterday. That was awesome. Yeah. Put some things like some furniture in the greenhouse to like hold them all. And it actually looks pretty cute in there. Very, ⁓ interesting. Is that the word? We'll go with it. Yeah, it does. And, yeah, so we're excited about that. We got our raised beds filled and we're just trying to finish off one more that we've made. But, I'm excited about that. Yeah, it's definitely been helpful. Being outside is better than being stuck inside. That's for sure. It's nice to have some 60 degree days. do some things. Yeah, for sure. The last few days have definitely been nice. That helped, think, helped me get over, you know, at least feeling so icky because I was able to open up the windows the last few days that I wasn't feeling well. Even today you had them open. So that was helpful. There was one day I came home from work and I could just smell the sickness. I was like, we need to open some windows in here. Thankfully, it was warm enough. We were able to. Yeah, I was all heavy the next day. Yeah, I watched all the blankets. They felt bad. Thanks for bearing with me. And I'm here. I am fresh. Thirty six like the Phoenix. I am Aries. Fire, whatever. Yeah. So we have no clue about milling. Anna And I actually got. Let me rephrase this. I bought an. A like. It's like a grinder, but it mills also, and you can use it for a lot of things, but you can, that's, you can make your own flour using this and. We'll have a video of us making our own flour up on our Patreon for you. So look forward to that. But yeah, so I got that for her birthday. Really a gift for both of us, obviously, for the homestead. ⁓ Yeah. So ⁓ you can check that out if you want. But yeah, so we're going to talk about milling So ⁓ You know, fun fact, brown grain was one of civilization's first foods. So people are probably like, OK, I believe that because it has been around forever. And I'm not just talking like people are just thinking wheat automatically there's other ones. Don't quote me on what they are, but there's a lot of different ones. I learned that when I went to the co-op to try and find the wheat berries. ⁓ yeah. I was like, what is happening? You know, there's like there's like barley ones that you can do. So, yeah, there's a lot going on and they all have their own benefits and kind of like purposes because they can't all make the things that we expect, like breads and cookies and, you know, pasta. Yeah, pasta and scones So you guys are probably wondering, like, what is Milling Jeidan Get to the point. And why do we even bother do it when we can just purchase it from the grocery Like, yeah, you can purchase your own bread from the grocery store. You can purchase your own flour from the grocery store. But the things that happen to that bread and happen to that flour before it gets to you are not beneficial to you or your body. you know, spoiler alert for that part. I can't keep that inside. But we talked about it. We're going to get to that. Yeah, we will. That'll be my end. Discussion we're gonna talk about the history of milling a little bit This short historical comes from Wikipedia mainly because I really enjoyed the way that it broke it up Just like here's the short facts of this time area an early human ⁓ civilization, utilize simple stone like the mortar and pestle Anna and I also have one of those and probably way fancier than what they had, maybe they were fancy like us. And they kind of switched it up by 6,700 BC. They started using other methods where they started rubbing the stones together and it was more like a layered process, which is kind of what like milling factories mimic today. But it's just with like higher It's not stones now. Okay. Where where where in history is that like stone where the donkeys pulling it? It comes a lot sooner than you think. Next round, right? So the mechanical power part is the next phase. And that actually happened during the Roman times. They're credited with their widespread use of the water mills. So maybe not the donkeys, but it's a similar thing. Okay. Motion makes it move. And I'm sure they did use donkeys like other places that they didn't have water access to it. You know what I mean? Yeah. Because they just go around in a circle instead of the water moving it. And then that was in 100 B.C. And then again, in the Middle Ages, that's when they really started to use wind and water power because they one realized that in a large scale. More power could be made quicker. I just think it's really cool how. People's need and curiosity will always find the way. Yeah. If we just allow it or not, like being greedy or, you know, trying to blow each other up. Yeah. The windmills make me think of the Tauren starting area in World Warcraft. They're like these little windmills all around and you go in and they're like little I said, random shit. ⁓ my goodness. ⁓ So, in the Middle Ages, was the wind and power. And one of the surveys that they used to do back in the day was that there are fifty six ⁓ water mills in England alone. Wow. Used for making flour production. So I thought that was pretty impressive. Used for making what? Like flour. ⁓ fly flour production. I you said fire protection. ⁓ ⁓ would be pretty bad ass. water turning into fire protection. Yeah. Some avatars stuff. But yeah, so I thought that was that was pretty interesting. And then here come for America ⁓ when started to realize that we could use similar methods when we got here, we started using just bigger. scales of what they were already doing in the community so that it was always one function of a community, which I thought was smart because there was a lot of traveling communities also during American civilization. And then when they started to. settle down, that's when the Industrial Revolution happened, like everywhere. And that's when the big shift. Really changed. They started breaking things up. They realized that they could get more out of it, I guess, by taking it apart. The grain Yes. So instead of just grinding it all up and then using it all, which is kind of what we do now, you get all the benefits from it with our our mill Yes. Yep. The the milling process turned into. It became rolling mills. So it was a roller mill and it would separate them into three different, subcategories, I guess. So. They have cylinders. They're like, what are they called, like sieves, like the big silos, ⁓ right? And kind of where it starts and it all comes down and it gets rolled through and then sifted. And then rolled through and then sifted. wow. And it breaks it up into three different things like the coin sorters has to fit through a certain hole. Yes. That's ⁓ that's actually a good way to put it. I can up a picture of like a diagram of it for people to see. ⁓ But yeah, so it it started to take it apart ⁓ and. ⁓ This helped them mass produce. But like I said, it also broke up the grain in a way where it's not nutritional anymore. Like it used to be. It is shelf stable, shelf stable, all these different things. And we'll get into that. I didn't want to get into too much detail so that I know this is very vague, but don't worry, you'll understand by the end of it. But yes, so it could be stored globally, shipped, all that stuff. I'm going to explain flour mainly through some American history because America actually has like in modern day time has a very large impact on just the milling industry, I guess as a whole. Yeah, Yep. One one city. One city in America stretch honestly, very big stretch for the better. Yeah, I think it's honestly pretty impressive. know, you never know. Yeah. But, you know, it always comes to something and it's just like I said, if people come together and they think it through and they solve things and make things, they a lot of good things can come from it. You know, a lot of people had great jobs, sustainability, whatever, you know, like it's not their fault. flour is Yeah. not Healthy for you. Yeah. We'll get it. So Milling in America. So this isn't coming from Wikipedia anymore, by the way. I found this really cool article. It was called the Minneapolis flour Milling Boom. And I'm going to quote it heavily right now because they said well. And I don't want to not give them Minneapolis the credit they deserve because I just I think it's pretty cool. We drove through Minneapolis, right? I have no idea. No, we didn't. Any place we're driving through, I don't remember. I don't think we did. I get them confused. But anyway, sorry, guys. I'm rambling extra because I still don't feel good. I'm sorry. I'm doing my best. So, yeah, from this article in 1880 and for 50 years thereafter. Minneapolis was known as the flour milling capital of the world. Wow. The city grew up around the mills in 1870. The population of Minneapolis was 13,000 and just 20 years later it had grown to nearly 165,000 Wow. Immigrants were part of this enormous population influx. during the period and they kept the farms railroads and mills of Minnesota running. Businessmen supporting milling such as bag making, barrel making and iron works also employed the city's new citizen. That's why I say like, it's always going to be a double edged sword. But you know what, like, if it can be just a sword, or someone at the end is holding it, and that means they have stability they can be in a house. They have a job somewhere because like the milling just created all these jobs. Yeah. Even these side jobs, too. You didn't have to be making flour. can just be making the bags. Yeah. Just stuff like that. Like I that's why I always think this stuff is interesting, especially in just the upcomings of America's history. You know, like that's how we did it. We don't do stuff like that anymore. Sorry. We're not impressive. I'm so cynical these days. I saw this post that was talking about how in the Great Depression or something back when people were like really strapped for cash, they would use the flour sacks as clothing and companies realize that. And so they started and in my mind, I'm like, my God, what they do put poison in it. Yeah, holes in it. Yeah, to make it so that these people weren't able to do that because like, in this day and age is probably what would happen. ⁓ But no, these companies started printing like floral patterns on these sacks so that they were more like. awesome. Clothing like they didn't have to do that. Yeah, exactly. carrying one person, meaning like, you know what we could do right instead. Yeah, I it was cheaper. I ⁓ don't know. Cheaper than And like the other bags, ⁓ I don't know. I thought it was good idea. Like, I remember you telling me about that. Yes. So it employed a lot of new citizens to America. The mills received grain via the rail lines stretching across the northern plains, grain belt into the Dakotas and Canada. Trades then carried the millflower to Duluth and the Eastern Duluth. Shout out to Duluth. We only know you because of. Ticket to ride. it to ride. Shout out to ticket to ride. Awesome board game. If you guys have never played it, you should. Anyway. So, and other eastern US destinations for export and domestic distribution. These were the first places that got Minneapolis' flour. Yeah, those are like the bigger hubs. Yeah. And then they started spreading it out to the East Coast at the industry's peak. More than 20 stone flour mills. That's why I said it was like a block, but it's not a block. It is like I'm. show you the picture right now and I will put the picture up. It is impressive. it looks like a city. It looks like you're looking at an olden day city but it is not a city. It is mill on mill on mill on mill on mill factory. And there's a railroad that just goes through it and it stops at all the places like it's incredible. Nobody lived there. It was literally strictly like business. ⁓ was an industrial park. wow. Yeah, that's where that it was the mill factories. It was it's so cool. Wait till you see it. Like on the river because they use the water like it's genius. You know what mean? And that's where I'm saying, no offense to us, like we would never do that anymore. No, you know, ⁓ some big company comes up into a town, like, you know, like what's going on down south and just like all these like, meta, ⁓ meta warehouses, like, that's not impressive. Like, you're here to take our water. And you know what I mean? And take our space like, no, like, I'm good. Like, that's not the same. Like, that's not providing what 165,000 people jobs. That's why they're there. Yeah, they're not there for the scenery. The mills aren't that pretty. Impressive. Not pretty. Anyway. ⁓ can I see the picture? ⁓ yeah. Here. So this is the illustrated one. ⁓ wow. And the railroad goes right down the middle. It does. looks like there's like department buildings and stuff. Yeah. It was that big. It was like a whole city. Technically like three different companies by the end of it. Wow. That's crazy. Look at the little horse drawn carriages. Yeah. But I don't know. Like I said, all very impressive because, you know, people came together and they're like, know, we should do, we should make some flour. like I was saying. At the industry's peak, more than 20 stone flour mills stood along a covered canal flowing with water drawn from the river above the fall. So that is a city. They're just there in the city along the canal. The city is like on the outskirts, like when they're talking about that, it is 20 stone flour mills. I that picture looks like it's it just goes on forever. It's more than 20. Yeah, it's quite a bit. Well, yeah, like I said, and then it becomes the city. But like, yeah, that first initial thing, like it's 20 of them. Wow. It's a lot. Wait, I want to see the picture again. I will show you. So the flowing water was like right there for them. So that was helpful when ⁓ the Washburn mill in 1880, two years after there was an explosion. Oh, how I read into it. It was just it was pretty basic. It just happened. There was a fire. I think it's combusted. It was a factory explosion like machinery. I think so. Yeah. Yeah. But like, you know, quickly. Yeah, it went quick. Any I don't know. I can't remember. So when it reopened, it was the most technologically advanced and the largest in the world. What was this mill that reopened? ⁓ after the fire? Yeah. Or after the explosion or whatever? Yep. At peak production, it ground enough flour to make 12 million loaves of bread in a day. Whoa. This level of production was unheard of. This is like some Willy Wonka shit. You know what I mean? Like when Willy Wonka showed up. like at the beginning when they're at the toothpaste factory and they get replaced with the cap thing. Yeah. That's what this reminds me of. But on a whole new level, this industrial revolution. this is the 1880s. So it's very much like it's still going. It's like, it is like we not only do we have the mechanics, we're now like, we can actually triple this. We'll just make it bigger. You know, like they're like America's going crazy already. They're like, we must make the most. Yeah. Which I think we kind of we got off track with that. But that's another day's story. So, yeah, I'm sure everybody else was like, ⁓ the other 19 mills were probably like, ⁓ do we do now? Yeah, ⁓ what I'd be thinking. ⁓ So this level of production was unheard of. as most mills at that time were smaller operations serving the towns and cities in which they were located, which was very true. Like, even just the standing alone was like very impressive. Were they breaking the germ apart by this point? Yes. Oh, OK. Even though it was like small, smaller and like locally. Well, that's where they had to start competing in a different way. OK. Really kind of get it gets sad for some people. You know, it's when the big man happens. The man. Yeah. So they continue to explain that. As flour milling reached its peak in Minneapolis in the early 20th century, a revolution in marketing and advertising arose out of a need for flour manufacturers to differentiate products that were essentially the same. The grain came from the same fields in western Minnesota and North Dakota. and it was milled on the same types of machines using the same techniques. So manufacturers got creative with their campaigns. General Mills, for example. Oh, this is insane. Like, and when you think about it. They're not lying. Like it is all the same. was literally they were next door neighbors. Like that's how crazy it was. These 20 mills became these big companies. OK, so they are not only all the same fricking product, they do it the same way. It's literally came from coming from the same place. Like it's insane to think about that as wild anyway. So, yeah, they had to start marketing campaigns, right? Because they weren't just. selling the flour to like bread factories. Now people were doing pop up baker stands. They were making bread in their home. They were being able to store it for longer. So they were purchasing it because it wasn't as expensive anymore. OK, because white flour here have all of it is what General Mills basically you know what I mean? Like it because they broke it down. I don't know. It just became a thing. So they had to start marketing. ⁓ They introduced Betty Crocker in 1921. General mills did? Yep. Today an icon in the history of marketing as the industry evolved. So did the businesses that were a part of it. Walder C. Washburn had already teamed up with John Crosby in 1877 to form Washburn Crosby Company, best known for their gold medal flour. the gold medal. ⁓ I'm like, I don't recognize Washburn and whatever. recognize gold medal flour bran, though. then they merged with 28 other mills and was renamed General Mills. Eventually, in 2001, General Mills bought Pillsbury, finally uniting Minnesota's two flour manufacturers. ⁓ like 150 years later or whatever. So, yeah, I just think it's crazy. Yeah. and sad, I guess, at the same time. Impressive. And then turns to sad. And then it's just like all of us got bamboozled because we all have got issues. we'll blame General Mills. I am just now. It's just now clicking in my brain. General Mills. I'm glad I was. I'm glad. General mill, isn't it? The general mill. Those 20 mills. The general mill. And now I can't stop saying it doesn't look like that anymore. I'm sure it's just one huge insane factory. But at one point it impressed me. Whoa. Yeah. What an unoriginal name. OK, now I'm going to show you the rest of the pictures. I'm gonna have a few different ones so it'll be that picture that I showed you and then just some progressions throughout the time when they like started buying people and doing crazy stuff when Willy Wonka came to town so we're just gonna into how it's made and ⁓ how they separated it know you've been asking me that I'm sorry it took me so long to get here but here we are So there's three parts of a wheat berry and a wheat berry folks is what makes our flour. And it can be made two different ways. It can either be ground all up and used as one flour, which is good for you. Or it can be, like I said, rolled out sifted and it becomes three. There are three parts, the first being the endosperm. The endosperm, it's a weird name. That is weird. I don't like it. Do know why it's called that? I didn't look it up. Maybe I should. I don't think it'll make me feel better, though. Endosperm comprises about 83 % of the kernels weight and is the source of the white flour. Maybe that's why I don't like it. The endosperm contains the greatest share of protein, carbohydrates, and iron, as well as the major B vitamins such as riboflavin, niacin, and thiamine. I never know how to say that. I think it's thiamine. It is also source of soluble fiber. The second is bran. Bran is called endosperm because it's the sperm part. guys. Like you know how like the bees pollinate? you for real? Male and female. That's like the male part I guess. From my understanding of what I'm reading. I don't feel good about flour anymore. It's like when I found out gummies were made of horse hooves or something insane like that. Okay. This is from Wikipedia. ⁓ It says, endosperm is formed after the two sperm nuclei inside a pollen grain reach the interior of a female. It's too. to fight or. OK, that's too many big words. I I don't this process. doesn't make you feel better. Like I said, I told you it wouldn't. Two sperm nuclei inside a pollen grain reach the interior of a female something something something. So the second is bran. Bran makes up about 14 and a half percent of the kernel weight. ⁓ is included in whole wheat flour and can also be bought separately. The bran contains a small amount of protein ⁓ the three major benefit other benefits it has is B vitamins and Minerals and dietary fiber. That where bran flakes come from. Yeah. mostly bran is good for you. Yeah. I like I like bran things. ⁓ ⁓ last and least is the germ. Germ is about two and a half percent of the kernel weight. The germ is the embryo sprouting section of the seed. ⁓ so the female. ⁓ Still gross, but okay. It's often separated from flour and milling because of the fat content, which is something that I did notice. So Anna and I, ⁓ we did a test round with them with our our mill and we made cookies and they were chewy. I like chewy cookies, but they reminded me of like. OK, it reminded me of like if you were making cookies and like. halfway through mixing it someone thought you were making oatmeal cookies so they put like just a little bit of oats in and you were like whoa whoa whoa why are you putting oats in my cookie dough and they'd be like ⁓ I didn't mean to like that's what it reminded me yeah it was a little gritty just a little bit gritty like why are there oatmeal they weren't very flat cookies yes we definitely had to change up like we were like trying to see if it was like a circle thing if we should squish the The cookie round, was experiment. We ate all of them. ⁓ were good. They weren't bad. ⁓ didn't die. ⁓ cookies! My gut is better for those. it has a lot of fat content in it, like I was saying, and got sidetracked. Sorry. this is the part limits ⁓ the flour's ⁓ shelf ⁓ taking it out. Main reason why they take it out, but it's also so good for us. Like it is so good for us that it pains me that they've done this to us. You know what I mean? Like I get it. It's Murphy's law. Now we're all say most nutritious part of something would be the part that goes bad the fastest. That's just Murphy's law. Yeah. ⁓ And but you know, people buy it separately. ⁓ what for? do use that? I mean, well, if you think about it, like we use wheat germ in smoothies that, you know, ⁓ yeah. Yeah. No sponsorship. No sponsorship from here. But yeah, didn't get to speak. I know what that is. But yeah, so that's what that was. But it's beneficial for you. So people will put it in like smoothies or whatever they're making. Yeah, yes, it will. But they'll put it in there like, you know, oatmeal, whatever. OK, fancy. it could also just be in your flour. know, it is in. We whole wheat flour, which is why whole wheat flour is better for you. ⁓ okay. Yes Like I was saying earlier the commercial milling separates the bran germ and leaves the endosperm making commercial flour depleted depleted of a lot of nutrients that I originally had no need to take it away I heard somewhere that it has like two nutrients out of like 60? I am going to list them all to be obnoxious at the end, promise you that. I hope it's not 60 then. Just wait. Oh god. I wish like I might try to like speed it up, but I can't promise you that yet. But I hope I figure it out so I can sound like an auctioneer. Yeah. I want them scrolling on the screen. will see what happens. Yeah, so another way that we also get tricked Yeah, I'm talking to you, General Mills right now. Listen up. So you know how you hear of enriched flour? don't buy it. Just don't buy it. It's not good for you. It's the same flour, just in a fancier packaging. Yes. it's it's not it's just flour that's been separated. Then they add nutrients back in. Like what the heck is the purpose? Don't separate it. That's weird. Are you weird? ⁓ you? It it drives me crazy. They're like, we took that out. So we should put something back in. You just keep it in there. Like, stop being weird. yeah breaking things apart from me. And then we're like, why are we sick all the time? Why does everybody have to be gluten free? Because we're eating flour the wrong way. Yeah, I can get maybe not. There's probably people who are genuinely allergic to gluten and I'm not trying to offend anybody. know with celiac disease can tolerate ⁓ the whole grain. I wonder why. I'm fresh milled flour and they can eat bread is what I've heard. I how everyone. Yeah, listen, I forgot how angry I was making this episode. Like I actually the rage is coming back in full force and you guys are lucky that I'm coming off of where does the where does the rage come in? Because before you were proud. Well, I forgot about this part. Okay. No, I was always enraged about this, but like the building, I mean, I'm proud. think that's cool. You know what I mean? Like the immigrants, like once again, you're welcome. guys. They built all these things anyway, whatever. I'm to obnoxiously list all the things that you could have. In your bread. But I just want to say one more time in case you guys. ⁓ didn't understand where my rage was coming from. Don't buy enriched flour. Yeah, it's just it's like really not good for you. Like don't like if you really think, ⁓ I need flour that has more nutrients, like, please, for the love of everything, just buy whole wheat flour. Like it's you don't need to grind up wheat berries like you can. I will grind some up for you if you want me to. But you can just buy whole wheat flour but don't buy enriched flour. Like don't let them trick you. Even like unbleached flour, I think that's weird. or bleached flour, don't buy that either. Why would you buy that? So it's white? Nobody cares. ⁓ your cookies. Like why is our toilet paper white? Yeah, I don't like that. Yeah. So, you know, to wrap things up, I'm going to list every single nutrient that you would benefit from, from just milling your own flour. So I hope this convinces you. put some music on. Okay, so these are nutrients. Get ready for this. Protein, carbohydrate, fiber, calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, copper, ma- mag- ⁓ You Fatty acid is total polyunsaturated. This sounds scary but they're good for you, I swear. This next one has a lot of Y's and L's and A's and N's and I's, so let's go for it. Fenilalanine. Tyrosine, Vileene, Arginine, Hincindine, Alanine, Aspartic Acid, Blutamic Proline and Serine. These 46 nutrients all could be yours if you just freshly milled your flour Yet all you're getting is two. your store-bought ⁓ ⁓ no, you. OK. Like you get the majority of these, but they're so depleted by the end that it's just like, why would you do that? Just get whole wheat flour and thank me later. ⁓ yeah, this episode, guess, was short and not that sweet. I literally thought you're going to be like this episode was brought to you by ⁓ this episode. Let me this. ⁓ This episode was brought you by General Mills. Yeah. ⁓ sponsored not sponsored by General Mills. Just kidding. Unless you wanted to General Mills. Yeah, unless you want to. Although I'm not a fan right now. ⁓ so I am excited for you to see ⁓ neutrops from my flour. We're trying to get sponsorships. god, yeah. What's up General Mills? Can I get some for It's too late. I will be happy ⁓ you just supply my wife with those bars that you like. Nature Valley is owned by General Mills. I'm not stupid. Those Nature Valley bars, those chewy bars that analyze. The chewy ones. Not the crunchy ones. swear to God. I don't need a paycheck. I just need you to send those weekly to my wife for her snack for work. That's all. Yeah, so that's a little bit about milling. ⁓ I did find it really interesting. I do hate how, you know, as usual, man, man finds a solution and then man ruins it. Yeah. You know, it's just such a weird concept, but here we are. I see that. Like I think about cults when I think about that a lot. Like they all start so like they sound so good and then they get too much power and then it all just goes downhill into greed and bullshit. But I mean, the come up. of the mills reading about all of that and just like how they kind of like overcame things and then even actually like the buying out processes at first. Like, yeah, for the smaller mills, it was sad. But for some of them, like they did want to get together. You know what I mean? Because they were like, no, we're going to be those people. And like at one point, these companies were small companies. Yeah. At one point, it was them doing a great thing. They thought it was awesome. They were providing. shelf stable flour to people. I don't think they were really trying to be like, let's destroy everyone's gut. Like, I don't think that was their thought behind making all of these mills. I think they just wanted the average American to be able to have flour on their shelf so that they can make whatever they wanted to have, or they could just have it on their shelf. You know, around that time, a lot of these people who are moving here, they had already seen wars. They had, you know what I mean? They'd already seen things. They already know what it means to like. Make sure I can have something that will make food and as every civilization has known since the beginning of time, grain is reliable in a certain way. Yeah, in a lot of ways. Yeah. Wheat berries, they last. What was it for three months? I think, right? Isn't that what we read? The wheat berries that we purchased before you grain them, they can chill for like. I like three to six months, as long as you store them correctly and they're not like in direct, sunlight and stuff like that, you can store those and just ground them when you need it. And I think that's really cool. I thought they lasted longer than I think it probably is. But it's dependent on which type of wheat. Are we storing ours correctly? feel like no. Yeah, no. And in that brown bag in in like in that corner, it's the most regulated spot I could find. Because it's just in the brown bag we got it in. No, no, it's like in there. I check on them every now and then. OK. Shake them up. ⁓ that's what I I know about Milling. ⁓ Yeah. You know, don't have many clues. ⁓ But I think found a few reading about this stuff. Yeah. Well, thanks for sharing. Of course. your knowledge. Yes, of course. But definitely make sure you guys check out the video on Patreon. You'll get to see us grind some up for yourself. It's actually a pretty cool process. ⁓ And maybe you'll even get to see us make some more cookies. Because I do love cookies. All right, so before we really wrap today up it's a farmers Almanac time Give us the deets Anna. So today should be May 21st. Happy May 21st It's the orthodox orthodox ascension today That sounds terrible. Yeah Ascension ascension like ⁓ We're like dissension, you bitches. Are you serious? Well, I'm watching the news right now. All right, people like, yeah, go to church, but make sure you're praying to the right gods. That's all I have to say. I looked it up and it says it is one of the 12 great feasts in the Eastern Orthodox Church. So talk to the Eastern Orthodox people. All right. Sounds scary. Sorry for this. Shavuos begins at sundown, which is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the giving of the Torah to the Israelites at Mount Sinai, marking the culmination of the 49 day counting of the Omer that begins on the second day of Passover. I just am so sad for that half of the world right now. Honestly, I hope they have some. I don't even want to talk about it. Honestly, that's upsetting. It is upsetting. we suck America, we suck. We do suck. We need to vote better. Yeah, we do. ⁓ Like will speak on it really quick. these people should be able to enjoy whatever ⁓ religion they to enjoy. And I know ⁓ it's more that. I know it's more than us showing up and blowing up things and us taking sides. But, you know, the Middle East is very much suffering at the hands of us right now. Because yeah, we all know why. Because always stick in our nose. That's all I'm going to say. Stick in our nose where it doesn't belong. Yep. And we don't know how to vote for real people who are going to take care of us. And that's what we need to focus on. Yeah. Going forward. Us and the world. Yep. Yeah. It's not just us out here. Yeah. People are watching us too. And it's like embarrassing. It's embarrassing. It's very sad. to know that potentially really anyone at this point, because we can all get deployed is what it sounds like, is going to end up there for not a damn reason for us to pay five dollars a gallon at the pump and for all these kids once again to get shipped off for not a damn reason. I do hope that there are a lot of Jewish families who can enjoy that time. and celebrate however they can celebrate. They deserve that. Thank you for saying that. Well, on a lighter note, today is the best day to begin a diet to gain weight. If you're working out, guess. Screw bikini season. This is for you football players. Let's get some gains. The best day to lay shingles, entertain, travel for pleasure and to prune to encourage growth. Yes. day. Big day for us all. I if you guys go on our Facebook soon, I can guarantee you there's going to be a lot of clips of me pinching some tomato plants. It's like my favorite thing to do. I'm just like, give me your. me your. Give me your. I look aggressive, but it's it's gentle and it helps them. Yes, like my favorite thing to do. And it's good. Yeah. And sometimes I swear I'll just be looking at one and it'll just like fall off. It's like, don't touch me. I just fall myself. But yeah, I guess that's me. They are alive. Well, yeah. So thanks for tuning in. Be sure to follow us on Facebook @TwoToolsNoCluepodcast, Instagram @TwoToolsNoCluepodcast. YouTube @TwoToolsNoCluepodcast and Tik Tok @TwoToolsNoCluepodcast because I was looking at it the other day and it's not apparently no clue. Apparently that's just our name. We've been lying to you this entire time. It's ⁓ all Two Tools No Clue podcast. You can ⁓ to our Patreon at patreon.com/TwoToolsNoClue. That's not. Yeah, real. ⁓ And then you can email us at twtoolsnocluepodcast@gmail.com. Yeah, don't be afraid. Say hello to me. Say hello to me. not going to yell at you guys. Give us your topic ideas, your stories, your comments, your concerns. ⁓ love you guys. 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