For storing wheat long term... I don't recommend oxygen absorbers... That will kill the grain, not allowing it to sprout. Instead, store with bay leaves or what we do is put a stick of double mint gum in each bucket. We have wheat (non-GMO) that my mother stored that way with the double mint gum when I was 12 years old... I'm 61 now... That wheat still sprouts and is great for eating and planting. I do not recommend the small hand crank grain mill. You will burn more calories cranking than you will get from the flour you grind. The best hand crank mill for prepper purposes is the Country Living Grain Mill. I recommend also getting the nut and bean auger. If your beans are old, they still have nutrients, but they just won't soften up when cooking. Grind that into bean flour and cook it up like refried beans ;)
If you're going to mill the grain, as for making flour, there is no need for them to be able to sprout, ergo there is no need for the bay leaves. That said, it's nice to know that your grain was still viable after 50 years... amazing!
I had old beans not soften. So I tested an idea. I stored my beans in water with a Tbs of apple cider vinegar . Overnight soak. Then I rinsed them and cooked them as normal and great guns. Nice soft beans.
The oxygen absorbers are only necessary for grains/legumes/rice that have a high enough oil content that they will go rancid. Grains and etc. go "rancid" because the oxygen more or less causes the oils to "rust" (not really). Be careful with those food grade buckets, I've seen some where the lids don't seal worth a CRAP. Put a half gallon or so of water in one, seal the lid on the bucket good, then flip it upside down and shake it around to see if any moisture appears in the lid. If it does, it's not a total loss, you could drop a nice even bead of silicone in the goove on the lid where the bucket seals, then lay some saran-wrap in the groove and seal the bucket up to the lid. Do NOT forget the saran-wrap or you'll glue the lid to the bucket, and you'll have to open it with a chain saw! ;) Another neat trick is to fill the bucket with your grains or whatever, then fill it with nitrogen. The nitrogen does a much better job of displacing the oxygen, but as long as you're using the proper number of oxygen absorbers, you should be just fine without the nitrogen. EDIT: OH!! I think it's ok to store seed grain in nitrogen, but you're NOT supposed to deep freeze seeds for 3 days. It could kill the wheat germ, and then you don't get a wheat plant. You're best bet is to hand sift it to get anything out that the machine sifters missed. If you can get one screen bigger than the wheat berries and one smaller, that would be perfect. Obviously having two sets of eyes is better than one in this situation. ;) ...Even then, you probably ought to pop the containers open after 30 days (or whatever the gestation period is for your local weevils) to make sure there aren't any new baby bugs chowing down on your supplies. EDIT4: (Yes, 4) I went back and double checked myself. you CAN keep grains, legumes and etc. frozen IF they were properly dried to be seeds. Dried seeds don't have enough water in the cell to rupture the cell walls when frozen. Freezing improperly dried grains, legumes and etc. effectively kills the seed. I found this very informative: www.usaemergencysupply.com/information-center/self-reliance/seed-viability-in-long-term-storage/seed-viability-myths Remember that everything needs to be sanitized when dealing with food, or you'll pop a bucket open in 6 month to discover a pretty assortment of molds growing inside. Again, nitrogen will help to kill any bugs or microbes before they become a problem. EDIT2: Be careful to avoid GMO grains and etc. not only are they loaded with RoundUp pesticide, they will NOT work as seeds for you. EDIT3: Nobody really knows why mice don't chew in to those white food grade buckets, because they totally can. Rats WILL if they get bored. Lay down some of that green mouse bait near your buckets to be safe. Be sure to stash it back behind where it's impossible for a curious puppy or cat to get at it. A better option is galvanized steel trash cans. You can even put plastic buckets IN the galvanized trash cans. It is a known fact that rodents hate the feel of the galvanized steel on their teeth, so they avoid chewing in to it, even though rate and bigger rodents are capable. EDIT5: I've never seen those Uline buckets. Have you water tested them to make certain they're air proof? Actually, with that screw on lid, that might not be obvious just putting water in it and flipping it upside down. You might have to have Adam rig something up to put enough air pressure in it to force water out the seal, but not enough to explode the bucket. I still check my Gamma seal lids every time I get a fresh batch, so maybe that's just me :) OH! Also.. fun fact.. you can get 7 gallon buckets that seat the same lids as the 5 gallon buckets. You can find 2 1/2 and 3 gallon buckets that LOOK like they're the same size, but they're not. Our special lids don't seat right. The 7 gallon buckets were made from the same mold as the 5, the lid seats identically.
I purchased the hand crank mill and a bag of the soft white wheat after watching this along with Adam's channel. Bought some organic freeze-dried eggs as well. After binge watching Homestead Rescue last month, I see the benefit of having land for crops and livestock... but for now thank you both for sharing your knowledge and wisdom. Interesting times for sure... grateful for the hope we have in Christ!
I had no idea these wheat berries were even a thing, which shows how ignorant I was about the whole process. So glad I found this channel. Haxman and Mrs. Haxman, what a combo!
It's a whole other world when you venture out of the "normal" grocery store :). Thanks for watching and I am glad I could help "learn" you something 😁 We all have to start somewhere:) We do make a good team❤️
I worked at a health food store for 11 years, have a Master's Degree in Asian Medicine, and went through a phase buying Spelt, Kamut, Hard Red Winter Wheat, etc. I seem to be very sensitive to gluten containing grains (even the whole grain organic versions). SHORT GRAIN BROWN RICE is also an ancient grain (the two largest countries in the history of the world - India and China based their entire culture around them). It's gluten free and never bothers my intestines. Also OATS are a great source of protein and other nutrients. Between SHORT GRAIN BROWN RICE, OATS, BLACK BEANS, PINTO BEANS you are covering a LOT of nutrients - with zero gluten.
I am gluten intolerant and dismayed that the wheat berries are not an option for my storage. Someone mentioned that the breads in Europe, in particular France, were not made with Roundup wheat and someone like me would be okay with it. Probably a case by case reaction though. If these wheat berries are organic does that mean no Roundup?
What a woman. Just found your channels randomly. I always knew store bought bread was rubbish. Will be checking out more of your content and looking into doing some of this myself. Keep up the good work.
I'm almost 79, and just started milling my own wheat berries. I used some of the flour I milled to make cream of wheat cereal for our supper night before last. It was so yummy!!!
Wheat berries are delicious when you cook them like rice. You showed one form of ancient wheat called kammut and it's fabulous mixed with cucumbers and feta cheese and olives and some olive oil vinegar. Wheat berries boiled are very similar to barley.
Awesome info and suggestions! I store wheat berries in Half-Gallon Mason Jars then vacuum with my FoodSaver, store in dark dry place (basement) cover with small paper bag to eliminate light degradation. Adding Bay Leaf is optional. Shelf stable.... good for years. The benefit for me is small enough portions and ease of use versus 5 gallon buckets which would be an excessive amount for just the two of us.... Self Reliance should be of PARAMOUNT Concern during these trying times! Suggestion to anyone who has read this far..... Start out with Baby Steps and before you know it you'll be Running.
Came here via your hubs and love the content. I've honestly been thinking about doing this kind of stuff for awhile and my wife is big into gardening and going to coax her into watching some of your videos together.
Awesome! Thanks for checking out my channel. I sat on these ideas for years and finally I acted and I am loving it. I get to learn and share what I do know. And then get input from others. I love helping others and learning so this has been so fun and rewarding. My advice...just start filming. Have fun and be yourself. I use my phone to film, because too much tech gets on my nerves and Adam uses high tech gadgets and production value. Both work...just find what works for you. Good luck❤️
My Grandparents and most of their neighbors got through years of the great depression by eating boiled whole wheat berries. Soaking for 24 to 48 hours with couple rinses, gives a much greater level and range of vitamins. Germinating wheat berries even has Vitamin C!!
I am on my 2nd Zojirushi. Been making whole wheat bread with them for about 20 years now. Took me tweaking the recipe for about a year to get a nice full high loaf. I’ve purchased several Zojirushis at thrift stores for under $20 for parts.
Thank you, Kim, for such a thorough overview of types of wheat grains, their functions, nutritional value, and safe storage. Fascinating. God bless you and your family.
Hello from NC! I found you via your husband's channel. Y'all are terrific. I was impressed to see your beautiful little girl learning to take care of business with her Daddy. She will grow to understand how blessed she was as a child when she becomes the self-reliant woman you are creating. I'm stoked about this whole grain deal!!! Thank you.
love 💕 your channel I ordered the soft white wheat 🌾 berries now im researching grinders so enjoyed this inspiring Education on wheat that you gave on this video keep up the good work I’m glued to your every word M trying to order the books and products you suggest 😃 your husband is funny he cracks me up his humorous comments & expressions make his channel fun to watch you both get A+ for effort content and presentation you are both adorable Betty Crocker’s got nothing on you Miss Kim.
Your husband is a lucky man. You both seem like great ppl and I wish I had what you guys have. Nobody takes my concerns to want to prep and have that piece of mind. Better safe than sorry is a much position to be in then "sorry unsafe and worse off"...
I LOVED seeing your store bought pasta stored in your food brade buckets. I'm definitely not up to making my own pasta yet and I've been getting creative with where to store non canned food in the house (dining room buffet table, guest room closet, linen closet). This was the first video I've seen from your channel and I hope you see this comment because your content really is valuable to your audience. Thank you!
The two stones that you mentioned about grinding together is quite ingenious design. I seen they were selling stones in the saar's store. We have have a Hispanics and Asian communities that still do old-school food preparing like my ex landlord used to do. some of them still grind wheat products down.
Aloha Kim, We recently found both your channel and subscribed right away. Since everything gets shipped to Hawaii, we often get box pasta with bugs, (us too found out the hard way..) so years ago we started placing them inside a big Ziploc bags and freeze them for several days. Get them out of the freezer, have the box air a bit (to dry) and we store them in buckets. We do that with plastic bag pasta, sugar, flour, etc. Works great! Thanks for the grain info, we have allergies, and GERD issues that I am sure will go away by milling our own grains. I just purchase the mill, motor and Wheat red berries. BIG MAHALO and Aloha!
I've used wheat berries for 20 years. We have eleven children and I bake 6 loaves at a time. However I've never froze my wheat. I now have quite a store of wheat and am going to freeze it cause I'm not going to be using it as fast. Thanks for the info!
I started getting symptoms of celiac and quit all wheat and high glycemic, all sugar and got back to simple ingredients. I even have to watch beans, It’s a challenge stocking long term, but I focus more on a keto concept. Have maintained perfect health so I will live without whole grains and sugar.
I imagine that is very tough! But I do believe simple ingredients are the very best and we are working towards that, but with wheat berries in the mix.
As Dr. Mercola would say: is no the gluten in the bread, is the process of harvesting the wheat and the fertilizers...a lot of people that moved to other Countries quit having their food allergies.
I heard Sue Becker speak about 25 years ago and we’ve been buying whole grains and making our own bread/food products with it since. She is a wealth of info.
Great info, thank you! We are in Central Georgia and I knew your trees looked familiar. I told my husband that y’all must be in Georgia too! I appreciate the book suggestion. Take care and I’m looking forward to more videos.
You must freeze grains in Florida. Even if you put in airtight containers,the grain already contains insect eggs, which hatch and then eat and proliferate in the grain. Just a couple days in freezer doesn't kill the eggs. They have to be stored in the freezer until use.
I froze some rice and then when I moved i put it in a plastic container. I had to put it all in a storage locker for a week. Eggs hatched and I saw moving rice! Couldn't eat rice for 2 years.
WHEN I used to live in Colorado, I saw long grain rice, I KNEW what rice is, the label said long grain Rice, so, I purchased it, it cooks just as Rice cook, but 40-45 minutes NOW, I see the very SAME as Hard Red wheat grain.,
Thanks Kim for sharing your knowledge with us. We need to do this soon did not realize how it can be good for our health. Plus I like cookies 🍪 and this sounds like guilt free cookies to me. Thanks again 😁👍
Glad to share :). We have made chocolate chip and peanut butter cookies with this wheat and they are sooooo good. I will be making more foodie videos soon!
Looks like you found Bread Beckers ( a wonderful store in Woodstock Ga.) I think they still do drop offs at different co-ops around the state maybe even farther out. Sue Becker and family run the store and give classes on real cooking, and help you get started in understand your food and choices. She is bible based along with a education in nutrition, yes she wrote the book. Look on line for info even check her out on TH-cam.
Liked the reference to the "Bread of Life." I need to do this. I stopped eating bread all together. I miss it. Found a hand mill for $40. Thx for the info. Unfortunately the wife refuses. Store bought flour is find with her.. BTW, she has many of the physicals issue you list.
Where do you buy your grain seeds ? Amazon? All of them? I only saw a link to one grain. If you could share the name of the vendor...please. thank you so much!!!! This is amazing
I've been a prepper for 29 years, I wish you had contacted me before making this video. Buckets will breathe over time. I have a bucket from 1993 and it's bad. Either use a 5gal mylar liner or... store in pleated 10x16 bags that hold 10 lbs (my preferred method). So much more I don't feel like typing.
I agree- Luckily I store in Mylar bags- but placed the bags in 5 gallon food grade buckets from Lowes- I did this 10 years ago and all the buckets cracked!!! stored inside my home in AC room! Mylar was fully in tac- but since the food was 12 years old I tossed it all out. Not sure how long rice and beans and wheat would last. replacing it all now.
Hi Kim, I was wondering instead of placing all the grain in the bucket could I individually seal using food saver bags to store my grains then place in the sealed bucket?
So glad I discovered you and your husband's videos. So much to learn and get doing. And yes, Jesus is the bread of life! And the water he gives us, we will never thirst again.
Thank you so much for this very informative video. I had also though about bread playing an important role innjydausm vs current society saying that bread has no nutritional value. Your video is providing me with the information I have been looking for for years. May God bless you and your family. Best regards, Lior
Kim I found a local mill where I can purchase hard & soft already ground. I'm an experienced bread maker (I bake it fresh daily), but I'm wondering if I'd want fine or coarse ground for bread? I'd love to hear some tips. Or if you have a video covering the different grinds you can direct me to?
I have seen a video saying that you can wrap a couple of ounces of dry ice in a few paper towels and put it in the bucket and it will eliminate the oxygen problem.
Celiac is from the over processing of wheat over the years - I wonder if we would have the same reaction to organic wheat berries? I actually prepped/canned wheat berries 12 years ago and just tossed them all out bc I have Celiac and it was all 12 years old. I need to research this again.
Wow. I am SO thankful I found this video! I had NO idea abt the 40 of the 44 essential nutrients thing. Holy moly! Thank you so much! I will definately be buying that book. Would you mind sharing where you purchase your bulk grains from please? I cant find a place that sells ancient grains (or grains in general) in bulk ANYwhere & have a family of 6 to feed. Thank you so much! I sincerely appreciate this. God be with you & yours! 💖🙏🏼🕊️ P.S. How interesting abt the poor eating the regular bread & the wealthy people getting sick from fhe heavily processed bread! No wonder why bread got such a bad rep.! No wonder why the Lords Prayer says "give us this day our daily bread" & Jesus is the bread of life. I had no idea abt all the nutrients in wheat berries! I was raised on agricultural land & my family grows much of our own food; but wheat, rice & such is something we always purchased from the store. I'm gonna go nuts & tell everybody abt this now. 😅
Awesome! Daily Bread...I am glad that you "get it." The fastest place that I get my organic berries from is Amazon:amzn.to/36FPydk, but you can also check out breadtopia, breadbeckers, azure maybe and anywhere local. I know that there are more places out there, but these are the places I shop.
FYI- the plastic bags that small quantities of pastas, rice, beans etc., sold at the grocery stores, will break down over time. The food absorbs the gasses from the plastic, and is rendered nonedible. To prevent this, I recommend removing the bags from the food, before storing it long term.
corn, beans, squash- puimpkin, romatoes, were staples my grand parents had, we had no running water, refrig. electricty, a chemeny was the cooking stove. vegies, were sun dried. meat sun dried. and peanuts, pecans, and potatoes
The weavels are already in the grain. Microscopic eggs. One can throw a small piece of dry ice in the bottom of a bucket of grain to get the CO2 gas. Just make sure to release any excess pressure in your bucket but yet quickly close back up to make sure no oxygen gets in.
I have one freezer full of food. I cannot empty it to freeze wheat even for 4 days. Are O2 absorbers not any good? Some one commented it would kill the wheat. This area of the country has a shortage on appliances, including freezers. What do you do if you have no freezer?
I've worked at a non organic flour mill for about four years and the thought process for shelf life really pushed the industry to extract or "sift" the brand and all the other nutrtion off of the wheat. I'm glad you did this video as it exposed some of this. Also I got to see what enrichments are placed back into the flour and I've got to say I don't think I would like to put that in my body. Some of the enrichment was so caustic, that your skin would burn if it contacted it. I'm not alergic to anything at least to my knowledge, but everyone who handled those enrichments would be very red ob the skin due to contact. It even says it on the containers. So the point is whole wheat is better and organic is even better. I currently work at a mill that is fully certified organic. I started there just last year in September and am glad I made the switch. I run the stone mills which we produce whole wheat and corn meal on as well. We also have steel mills where we produce our white flour products.
WOW! Thanks for this comment. Unfortunately, we live in a world now more than ever it's all about the $$$ and not about the health of the people. The bread book that I was reading does go into more detail about the industry which I find very fascinating. And for you to have witnessed it first hand is hard evidence that the companies do not care. That is my drive for this channel. To get more people hopefully to switch from the convenience poisons and make the move to real, life-giving food for their health and the health of their families. No one is going to do it for you. Glad you were able to make the switch to the organic mill!
I shop organic wheat berries on Amazon, breadtopia, breadbeckers, and local when I can find it. I'm sure that there are others but this is where I have found mine.
The 5 ga buckets with the hard white and kamit. Where did you purchase those from? Are you just going to leave the grain inside the white bucket and use the gamma lids? What will be your storing process with those? Are you going to use a oxygen absorber packet?
I purchase my grain from BreadBeckers and Breadtopia--Bucket form. I do prefer to pay a little bit more, for less work on my end. I purchase my wheat in bags from Amazon and place them in buckets. Here's what I do.. If purchased in a bag, I will place the whole bag into my freezer for 4 days, then take it out and set it on my counter for 1 day. Next, I place the grain in my clean bucket with screw lid and store long term. Done. If I decide to use the gamma lid I will store this bucket inside my house and use this wheat up first. Some people choose to use oxygen absorbers, bay leaf, DE, Co2, etc. It's whatever makes you feel comfortable. I hope this helps!
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Your husband is a lucky man. 😉😘
So is your wife! ❤️
Too cute!
You two are awesome
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Awwwww too freaking sweet, I love this!
For storing wheat long term... I don't recommend oxygen absorbers... That will kill the grain, not allowing it to sprout.
Instead, store with bay leaves or what we do is put a stick of double mint gum in each bucket. We have wheat (non-GMO) that my mother stored that way with the double mint gum when I was 12 years old... I'm 61 now... That wheat still sprouts and is great for eating and planting. I do not recommend the small hand crank grain mill. You will burn more calories cranking than you will get from the flour you grind. The best hand crank mill for prepper purposes is the Country Living Grain Mill. I recommend also getting the nut and bean auger. If your beans are old, they still have nutrients, but they just won't soften up when cooking. Grind that into bean flour and cook it up like refried beans ;)
Thank you
Great info, thanks!
Like do you use gum you chew to put in the buckets? And also do you have a link for the mill?
If you're going to mill the grain, as for making flour, there is no need for them to be able to sprout, ergo there is no need for the bay leaves. That said, it's nice to know that your grain was still viable after 50 years... amazing!
I had old beans not soften. So I tested an idea. I stored my beans in water with a Tbs of apple cider vinegar . Overnight soak. Then I rinsed them and cooked them as normal and great guns. Nice soft beans.
The oxygen absorbers are only necessary for grains/legumes/rice that have a high enough oil content that they will go rancid. Grains and etc. go "rancid" because the oxygen more or less causes the oils to "rust" (not really).
Be careful with those food grade buckets, I've seen some where the lids don't seal worth a CRAP. Put a half gallon or so of water in one, seal the lid on the bucket good, then flip it upside down and shake it around to see if any moisture appears in the lid. If it does, it's not a total loss, you could drop a nice even bead of silicone in the goove on the lid where the bucket seals, then lay some saran-wrap in the groove and seal the bucket up to the lid. Do NOT forget the saran-wrap or you'll glue the lid to the bucket, and you'll have to open it with a chain saw! ;)
Another neat trick is to fill the bucket with your grains or whatever, then fill it with nitrogen. The nitrogen does a much better job of displacing the oxygen, but as long as you're using the proper number of oxygen absorbers, you should be just fine without the nitrogen.
EDIT: OH!! I think it's ok to store seed grain in nitrogen, but you're NOT supposed to deep freeze seeds for 3 days. It could kill the wheat germ, and then you don't get a wheat plant. You're best bet is to hand sift it to get anything out that the machine sifters missed. If you can get one screen bigger than the wheat berries and one smaller, that would be perfect. Obviously having two sets of eyes is better than one in this situation. ;) ...Even then, you probably ought to pop the containers open after 30 days (or whatever the gestation period is for your local weevils) to make sure there aren't any new baby bugs chowing down on your supplies.
EDIT4: (Yes, 4) I went back and double checked myself. you CAN keep grains, legumes and etc. frozen IF they were properly dried to be seeds. Dried seeds don't have enough water in the cell to rupture the cell walls when frozen. Freezing improperly dried grains, legumes and etc. effectively kills the seed. I found this very informative: www.usaemergencysupply.com/information-center/self-reliance/seed-viability-in-long-term-storage/seed-viability-myths
Remember that everything needs to be sanitized when dealing with food, or you'll pop a bucket open in 6 month to discover a pretty assortment of molds growing inside. Again, nitrogen will help to kill any bugs or microbes before they become a problem.
EDIT2: Be careful to avoid GMO grains and etc. not only are they loaded with RoundUp pesticide, they will NOT work as seeds for you.
EDIT3: Nobody really knows why mice don't chew in to those white food grade buckets, because they totally can. Rats WILL if they get bored. Lay down some of that green mouse bait near your buckets to be safe. Be sure to stash it back behind where it's impossible for a curious puppy or cat to get at it. A better option is galvanized steel trash cans. You can even put plastic buckets IN the galvanized trash cans. It is a known fact that rodents hate the feel of the galvanized steel on their teeth, so they avoid chewing in to it, even though rate and bigger rodents are capable.
EDIT5: I've never seen those Uline buckets. Have you water tested them to make certain they're air proof? Actually, with that screw on lid, that might not be obvious just putting water in it and flipping it upside down. You might have to have Adam rig something up to put enough air pressure in it to force water out the seal, but not enough to explode the bucket. I still check my Gamma seal lids every time I get a fresh batch, so maybe that's just me :) OH! Also.. fun fact.. you can get 7 gallon buckets that seat the same lids as the 5 gallon buckets. You can find 2 1/2 and 3 gallon buckets that LOOK like they're the same size, but they're not. Our special lids don't seat right. The 7 gallon buckets were made from the same mold as the 5, the lid seats identically.
I purchased the hand crank mill and a bag of the soft white wheat after watching this along with Adam's channel. Bought some organic freeze-dried eggs as well. After binge watching Homestead Rescue last month, I see the benefit of having land for crops and livestock... but for now thank you both for sharing your knowledge and wisdom. Interesting times for sure... grateful for the hope we have in Christ!
Way to get started! Land and livestock are goals for sure! Yes, God is good even in the hard times ❤️
@@appalachiannana7975 Yes, I'd like to know Also. Thanks✅👍🏾
I though she mentioned Great River. Not sure.
I thought she said she buys from Amazon, but probably elsewhere as well
@@appalachiannana7975 its in the description on the video.
I had no idea these wheat berries were even a thing, which shows how ignorant I was about the whole process. So glad I found this channel. Haxman and Mrs. Haxman, what a combo!
It's a whole other world when you venture out of the "normal" grocery store :). Thanks for watching and I am glad I could help "learn" you something 😁 We all have to start somewhere:) We do make a good team❤️
I worked at a health food store for 11 years, have a Master's Degree in Asian Medicine, and went through a phase buying Spelt, Kamut, Hard Red Winter Wheat, etc. I seem to be very sensitive to gluten containing grains (even the whole grain organic versions). SHORT GRAIN BROWN RICE is also an ancient grain (the two largest countries in the history of the world - India and China based their entire culture around them). It's gluten free and never bothers my intestines. Also OATS are a great source of protein and other nutrients. Between SHORT GRAIN BROWN RICE, OATS, BLACK BEANS, PINTO BEANS you are covering a LOT of nutrients - with zero gluten.
Thanks for sharing this information ❤️
You should try Einkorn. I've had a LOT of success with quite a few gluten sensitive friends.
I'm an Oriental Medicine practitioner too.
I've been looking into growing quinoa today. Lots of protein and pretty easy to grow.
@@amygresl3691 Also quinoa in VERY easy to harvest by hand.
I am gluten intolerant and dismayed that the wheat berries are not an option for my storage. Someone mentioned that the breads in Europe, in particular France, were not made with Roundup wheat and someone like me would be okay with it. Probably a case by case reaction though. If these wheat berries are organic does that mean no Roundup?
What a woman. Just found your channels randomly. I always knew store bought bread was rubbish. Will be checking out more of your content and looking into doing some of this myself. Keep up the good work.
I'm almost 79, and just started milling my own wheat berries. I used some of the flour I milled to make cream of wheat cereal for our supper night before last. It was so yummy!!!
how do you do that. I love cream of wheat
Wheat berries are delicious when you cook them like rice. You showed one form of ancient wheat called kammut and it's fabulous mixed with cucumbers and feta cheese and olives and some olive oil vinegar. Wheat berries boiled are very similar to barley.
My friend made chili with wheat berries. It was good!
Sounds great! Thanks for sharing:)
@@homewithkim today I ordered 25 lb of hard red wheat and 50 lb of hard white and 20 lb of farro.... Mylar bags and oxygen absorbers!
Don’t forget bullion cubes. You can flavor your rice or beans.
Awesome info and suggestions! I store wheat berries in Half-Gallon Mason Jars then vacuum with my FoodSaver, store in dark dry place (basement) cover with small paper bag to eliminate light degradation. Adding Bay Leaf is optional. Shelf stable.... good for years. The benefit for me is small enough portions and ease of use versus 5 gallon buckets which would be an excessive amount for just the two of us.... Self Reliance should be of PARAMOUNT Concern during these trying times! Suggestion to anyone who has read this far..... Start out with Baby Steps and before you know it you'll be Running.
Sue Becker is amazing! She teaches classes in Canton, Ga.
Came here via your hubs and love the content. I've honestly been thinking about doing this kind of stuff for awhile and my wife is big into gardening and going to coax her into watching some of your videos together.
Awesome! Thanks for checking out my channel. I sat on these ideas for years and finally I acted and I am loving it. I get to learn and share what I do know. And then get input from others. I love helping others and learning so this has been so fun and rewarding. My advice...just start filming. Have fun and be yourself. I use my phone to film, because too much tech gets on my nerves and Adam uses high tech gadgets and production value. Both work...just find what works for you. Good luck❤️
Hard red berries I sprout and put in salads, as well as grow it for wheatgrass for juicing. And Einkorn for baking. It is the king, imo. 💓🌱
My Grandparents and most of their neighbors got through years of the great depression by eating boiled whole wheat berries. Soaking for 24 to 48 hours with couple rinses, gives a much greater level and range of vitamins. Germinating wheat berries even has Vitamin C!!
Both great ways to use wheat berries besides bread making! Thanks for sharing!!❤️
You can also grow mushrooms with grains
Local LDS cannery is also another great source for wheat in bulk.
I am on my 2nd Zojirushi. Been making whole wheat bread with them for about 20 years now. Took me tweaking the recipe for about a year to get a nice full high loaf. I’ve purchased several Zojirushis at thrift stores for under $20 for parts.
I love mine! Bread making is certainly an art and I am still learning:)
Smart and hot lady Kim! Thank you for sharing your great knowledge. Simple and efficientre advice from a pro!
Thank you, Kim, for such a thorough overview of types of wheat grains, their functions, nutritional value, and safe storage. Fascinating. God bless you and your family.
You're so welcome!
Hello from NC! I found you via your husband's channel. Y'all are terrific. I was impressed to see your beautiful little girl learning to take care of business with her Daddy. She will grow to understand how blessed she was as a child when she becomes the self-reliant woman you are creating. I'm stoked about this whole grain deal!!! Thank you.
We go to Becker's store in Woodstock, GA. Great place!
love 💕 your channel I ordered the soft white wheat 🌾 berries now
im researching grinders so enjoyed
this inspiring Education on wheat that you gave on this video keep up the good work I’m glued to your every word M trying to order the books and products you suggest 😃 your husband is funny he cracks me
up his humorous comments & expressions make his channel fun
to watch you both get A+ for effort content and presentation you are both adorable Betty Crocker’s got nothing on you Miss Kim.
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Your husband is a lucky man. You both seem like great ppl and I wish I had what you guys have. Nobody takes my concerns to want to prep and have that piece of mind. Better safe than sorry is a much position to be in then "sorry unsafe and worse off"...
Thank you! You just have to do what you can❤️
I like to thank you for sharing your excellent advice.. I look forward to ordering that book real soon! :-)
Thank you Kim for all the information!!!
I LOVED seeing your store bought pasta stored in your food brade buckets. I'm definitely not up to making my own pasta yet and I've been getting creative with where to store non canned food in the house (dining room buffet table, guest room closet, linen closet). This was the first video I've seen from your channel and I hope you see this comment because your content really is valuable to your audience. Thank you!
Thank you so much!
You can go to paint store and get a bucket opener, alot easier
Thanks, Kim. Great job!
The two stones that you mentioned about grinding together is quite ingenious design. I seen they were selling stones in the saar's store. We have have a Hispanics and Asian communities that still do old-school food preparing like my ex landlord used to do. some of them still grind wheat products down.
You should get a bucket lid opener, they're great and cheap. Any hardware store should have it 😊
My religion I was raised in has been admonishing us to store food + favor wheat for 100 years! Yay!
First time I've been. To your channel .your husband sent me .I'm.very impressed & have subbed 👍
Aloha Kim, We recently found both your channel and subscribed right away. Since everything gets shipped to Hawaii, we often get box pasta with bugs, (us too found out the hard way..) so years ago we started placing them inside a big Ziploc bags and freeze them for several days. Get them out of the freezer, have the box air a bit (to dry) and we store them in buckets. We do that with plastic bag pasta, sugar, flour, etc. Works great! Thanks for the grain info, we have allergies, and GERD issues that I am sure will go away by milling our own grains. I just purchase the mill, motor and Wheat red berries. BIG MAHALO and Aloha!
So glad I can help! ❤️🌸
You can buy an opener for those buckets. I have two of them in case one breaks.
Yes, Got one last week :)
I've used wheat berries for 20 years. We have eleven children and I bake 6 loaves at a time. However I've never froze my wheat. I now have quite a store of wheat and am going to freeze it cause I'm not going to be using it as fast. Thanks for the info!
You're so welcome!
what’s your source for wheat berries? Great River is never in stock anymore
I have red hard wheat berries in my fridge. I am motivated now to use them again! Never knew they had so many nutrients!
I started getting symptoms of celiac and quit all wheat and high glycemic, all sugar and got back to simple ingredients. I even have to watch beans, It’s a challenge stocking long term, but I focus more on a keto concept. Have maintained perfect health so I will live without whole grains and sugar.
I imagine that is very tough! But I do believe simple ingredients are the very best and we are working towards that, but with wheat berries in the mix.
We have stocked protein and water mostly. Medicine and cleaning supplies are a close second
As Dr. Mercola would say: is no the gluten in the bread, is the process of harvesting the wheat and the fertilizers...a lot of people that moved to other Countries quit having their food allergies.
Hi Kim, HAXMAN sent me. Y'all are a great family and a lot of fun to watch. Tfs and God bless.
Thank you! That means a lot. ❤️
WOW! Thank you! This was so informative!
Stocks of food is good preparation
If You check around, there is a tool (not very big) that You can get that makes opening those buckets a breeze... Stay Safe and God Bless
-Mike
Kinda looks like a "T" bar, & uses leverage
I heard Sue Becker speak about 25 years ago and we’ve been buying whole grains and making our own bread/food products with it since. She is a wealth of info.
Wow! 25 years! I bet you are a wealth of knowledge, too!
@@homewithkim eh, no more than you, I’m sure. I’m just committed! ❤️
Got here by way of your brother, first time here. ty
Great video! You just came up in my videos today and I’m so happy. Subscribed.
Great info, thank you! We are in Central Georgia and I knew your trees looked familiar. I told my husband that y’all must be in Georgia too! I appreciate the book suggestion. Take care and I’m looking forward to more videos.
I'm a Georgia Peach! Born and raised. Ya'll come back now, you hear!!!😁
Wow!!!
You just opened my eyes to a whole new way of life. ❤️ thank you from the bottom of my heart! I can hardly wait to watch all your videos.
So glad!
What a gem of a channel! Glad your husband sent me in this direction. Your knowledge is Indispensable.
Thank you so much! He's the best❤️
You must freeze grains in Florida. Even if you put in airtight containers,the grain already contains insect eggs, which hatch and then eat and proliferate in the grain. Just a couple days in freezer doesn't kill the eggs. They have to be stored in the freezer until use.
I froze some rice and then when I moved i put it in a plastic container. I had to put it all in a storage locker for a week. Eggs hatched and I saw moving rice! Couldn't eat rice for 2 years.
Ha! Found you. Now I'm subbed to you and Haxman. Thanks y'all for your awesome tips. Blessings from Linda in middle Georgia
Awesome! Thank you! ❤️
Subscribed from your husband's Channel. Great information from you both. Love real paper books too.
Thanks so much! You can't beat paper:)
just found ur husband's site a few days ago and now I've found yours. u both have amazing, informative sites. ty. Sue
So glad you found us :)
Love Breadbeckers!
Haxman sent me😊 I am newly subscribed to both you and your husband’s channel. Great content! Thank you, to both of you! God bless!
Thank you so much! ❤️
WHEN I used to live in Colorado, I saw long grain rice, I KNEW what rice is, the label said long grain Rice, so, I purchased it, it cooks just as Rice cook, but 40-45 minutes NOW, I see the very SAME as Hard Red wheat grain.,
I have a wondermill and a wondermill Jr. (The hand crank version of wondermill. I love them.
I love my Wonder Mill! 😁
Thanks Kim for sharing your knowledge with us. We need to do this soon did not realize how it can be good for our health. Plus I like cookies 🍪 and this sounds like guilt free cookies to me. Thanks again 😁👍
Glad to share :). We have made chocolate chip and peanut butter cookies with this wheat and they are sooooo good. I will be making more foodie videos soon!
Great Channel Kim, Haxman sent me.
Thank you so much!
The CO 2 seal means you can stock that on the shelf for Long Time.
Thanks to your hubs for sending me over.
Thanks so much!
Looks like you found Bread Beckers ( a wonderful store in Woodstock Ga.)
I think they still do drop offs at different co-ops around the state maybe even farther out.
Sue Becker and family run the store and give classes on real cooking, and help you get started in understand your food and choices.
She is bible based along with a education in nutrition, yes she wrote the book.
Look on line for info even check her out on TH-cam.
Very informative video. Thanks.
I really appreciate this video. Thank you for sharing.
Glad it was helpful!
Liked the reference to the "Bread of Life." I need to do this. I stopped eating bread all together. I miss it. Found a hand mill for $40. Thx for the info. Unfortunately the wife refuses. Store bought flour is find with her.. BTW, she has many of the physicals issue you list.
I have a kitchen aid attachment mill.
Kim, thank haxman for helping me find your channel.
Oh my goodness, thank you so much! God bless! 🕊🙏✝️💕
Same to you!
Y'all are goals. Glad I found you.
Awe! Thanks :) Glad your here!
Make biscuits with einkorn and almond milk baking soda salt butter.
Sounds great!
Where do you buy your grain seeds ? Amazon? All of them? I only saw a link to one grain. If you could share the name of the vendor...please. thank you so much!!!! This is amazing
I just found your channel and God bless you for doing this. Super valuable info. I'm gonna get this stuff. Thank you so much.
Glad you found me and that I could help!
I really like einkorn and I think you are the first prepper channel that I have seen discuss it and use it.
It's a great grain! Hope to use it in some upcoming videos :)
A must have for a prepper library, or just anyone who stores food.
Absolutely!
I've been a prepper for 29 years, I wish you had contacted me before making this video. Buckets will breathe over time. I have a bucket from 1993 and it's bad. Either use a 5gal mylar liner or... store in pleated 10x16 bags that hold 10 lbs (my preferred method). So much more I don't feel like typing.
Thanks for sharing this info!
I agree- Luckily I store in Mylar bags- but placed the bags in 5 gallon food grade buckets from Lowes- I did this 10 years ago and all the buckets cracked!!! stored inside my home in AC room! Mylar was fully in tac- but since the food was 12 years old I tossed it all out. Not sure how long rice and beans and wheat would last. replacing it all now.
@@jillf24 I would repack it. Use it for trade or absolute desperation. I even label LCF. Last chance food.
Where can you get these grains? Do you have some recipes for your breads and pasta?
Hi Kim, I was wondering instead of placing all the grain in the bucket could I individually seal using food saver bags to store my grains then place in the sealed bucket?
There is a bucket lid remover, get one!
Got one 😜🤣
If you make your own pizza, sprinkle some spelt on the the pan to add flavor and prevent sticking.
Thanks for the tip!
So glad I discovered you and your husband's videos. So much to learn and get doing. And yes, Jesus is the bread of life! And the water he gives us, we will never thirst again.
Glad you found us, too! ❤️
I just found you and your husband's channels. I love them. Thank you for taking the guess work out for beginners like me. ❤️
Welcome!! Glad we can help!
Thank you so much for this very informative video. I had also though about bread playing an important role innjydausm vs current society saying that bread has no nutritional value. Your video is providing me with the information I have been looking for for years. May God bless you and your family. Best regards, Lior
Glad I could help! :)
Quinoa / Teff / Amaranth / Farro / Millet / Kamut / Spelt ..... all Very Nutritious and store up to 30 years ...
Kim I found a local mill where I can purchase hard & soft already ground. I'm an experienced bread maker (I bake it fresh daily), but I'm wondering if I'd want fine or coarse ground for bread? I'd love to hear some tips. Or if you have a video covering the different grinds you can direct me to?
Watching your husband rehydrate eggs on my tv and adding you're channel on my phone
Awesome! Thank you so much!
I have seen a video saying that you can wrap a couple of ounces of dry ice in a few paper towels and put it in the bucket and it will eliminate the oxygen problem.
You have to leave the lid loose for a while or it will pop off the bucket.
Celiac is from the over processing of wheat over the years - I wonder if we would have the same reaction to organic wheat berries? I actually prepped/canned wheat berries 12 years ago and just tossed them all out bc I have Celiac and it was all 12 years old. I need to research this again.
Celiac has been around for hundreds of years. Don't eat gluten unless you have nothing else to eat- you will need to be healthy in the days to come.
I've had gluten problems but I don't with NON-GMO wheat berries, I've never had any allergic reaction when I mill it and make anything out of it.
how do you use the wheat berries as flour? you add yeast or baking soda or baking powder salt ect and how much?
Wow. I am SO thankful I found this video! I had NO idea abt the 40 of the 44 essential nutrients thing. Holy moly! Thank you so much! I will definately be buying that book. Would you mind sharing where you purchase your bulk grains from please? I cant find a place that sells ancient grains (or grains in general) in bulk ANYwhere & have a family of 6 to feed. Thank you so much! I sincerely appreciate this. God be with you & yours! 💖🙏🏼🕊️ P.S. How interesting abt the poor eating the regular bread & the wealthy people getting sick from fhe heavily processed bread! No wonder why bread got such a bad rep.! No wonder why the Lords Prayer says "give us this day our daily bread" & Jesus is the bread of life. I had no idea abt all the nutrients in wheat berries! I was raised on agricultural land & my family grows much of our own food; but wheat, rice & such is something we always purchased from the store. I'm gonna go nuts & tell everybody abt this now. 😅
Awesome! Daily Bread...I am glad that you "get it." The fastest place that I get my organic berries from is Amazon:amzn.to/36FPydk, but you can also check out breadtopia, breadbeckers, azure maybe and anywhere local. I know that there are more places out there, but these are the places I shop.
I don't want to go through the freezer process so would prefer buying it in a bucket. What brand is in the buckets in your video?
Is the grain is the buckets previously frozen and is that why it doesn't have weevils?
FYI- the plastic bags that small quantities of pastas, rice, beans etc., sold at the grocery stores, will break down over time. The food absorbs the gasses from the plastic, and is rendered nonedible. To prevent this, I recommend removing the bags from the food, before storing it long term.
Any ideas on the best way to store dry dog food ?
Gotta get a bucket lid opener from the depot and save yourself some finger pain!
Ha! My hubs did after seeing my video 🤣
Great video, I certainly learned a lot from you about grains and their nutritional value and storage.
Glad I could help! ❤️
corn, beans, squash- puimpkin, romatoes, were staples my grand parents had, we had no running water, refrig. electricty,
a chemeny was the cooking stove. vegies, were sun dried. meat sun dried. and peanuts, pecans, and potatoes
Wow! Thanks for sharing..I feel I am on the right path since those are what I have planted heavy.
The weavels are already in the grain. Microscopic eggs. One can throw a small piece of dry ice in the bottom of a bucket of grain to get the CO2 gas. Just make sure to release any excess pressure in your bucket but yet quickly close back up to make sure no oxygen gets in.
Storing/sealing in gallon cans with c02 is awesome.
I have one freezer full of food. I cannot empty it to freeze wheat even for 4 days. Are O2 absorbers not any good? Some one commented it would kill the wheat. This area of the country has a shortage on appliances, including freezers. What do you do if you have no freezer?
I've worked at a non organic flour mill for about four years and the thought process for shelf life really pushed the industry to extract or "sift" the brand and all the other nutrtion off of the wheat.
I'm glad you did this video as it exposed some of this.
Also I got to see what enrichments are placed back into the flour and I've got to say I don't think I would like to put that in my body. Some of the enrichment was so caustic, that your skin would burn if it contacted it.
I'm not alergic to anything at least to my knowledge, but everyone who handled those enrichments would be very red ob the skin due to contact. It even says it on the containers. So the point is whole wheat is better and organic is even better.
I currently work at a mill that is fully certified organic. I started there just last year in September and am glad I made the switch.
I run the stone mills which we produce whole wheat and corn meal on as well.
We also have steel mills where we produce our white flour products.
WOW! Thanks for this comment. Unfortunately, we live in a world now more than ever it's all about the $$$ and not about the health of the people. The bread book that I was reading does go into more detail about the industry which I find very fascinating. And for you to have witnessed it first hand is hard evidence that the companies do not care. That is my drive for this channel. To get more people hopefully to switch from the convenience poisons and make the move to real, life-giving food for their health and the health of their families. No one is going to do it for you. Glad you were able to make the switch to the organic mill!
Thank you for sharing this!!! I have been telling people for years not use/buy shelf flour!!! Unless you get organic! 😁
@@homewithkim So, please tell me where I can find these products @? Whole foods? Thanks😁
I shop organic wheat berries on Amazon, breadtopia, breadbeckers, and local when I can find it. I'm sure that there are others but this is where I have found mine.
@@majesticminister You can buy online or at Whole Foods. Some of the bigger chains have started carrying them as well.
The 5 ga buckets with the hard white and kamit. Where did you purchase those from? Are you just going to leave the grain inside the white bucket and use the gamma lids? What will be your storing process with those? Are you going to use a oxygen absorber packet?
I purchase my grain from BreadBeckers and Breadtopia--Bucket form. I do prefer to pay a little bit more, for less work on my end. I purchase my wheat in bags from Amazon and place them in buckets. Here's what I do..
If purchased in a bag, I will place the whole bag into my freezer for 4 days, then take it out and set it on my counter for 1 day. Next, I place the grain in my clean bucket with screw lid and store long term. Done. If I decide to use the gamma lid I will store this bucket inside my house and use this wheat up first. Some people choose to use oxygen absorbers, bay leaf, DE, Co2, etc. It's whatever makes you feel comfortable. I hope this helps!
Haxman needs to get you a 5-gallon bucket lid opener.
Yes he does!