"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 20 Aug 2014 00:46:56 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> > On Tue, 19 Aug 2014 21:39:04 -0700, "Cheri" >
>> > wrote:
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>> >> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> >> > Wondering if the addition of ground flax seeds would help with the
>> >> > sloppiness? I had no idea why people buy flax seeds until today. I
>> >> > learned that they add fiber and a certain amount of "glue" to what
>> >> > you're cooking.
>> >>
>> >> I buy the whole flax seeds and grind them when I need them. The flax
>> >> flour
>> >> makes great cookies, pancakes, cereal etc. I also put it in meat loaf
>> >> occasionally. I like to sprinkle a TBS of the whole seeds on my
>> >> poached
>> >> eggs, salads etc.
>> >>
>> > How do you grind them, Cheri? I can't imagine them whizzing into
>> > anything resembling ground in my spice/coffee grinder.
>> >
>> I actually bought a coffee grinder to do them with but then I learned
>> that
>> the Magic Bullet works well. I gave away the coffee grinder as I had no
>> need for it then. You can buy them already ground but I prefer to do my
>> own.
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> If I buy them preground, does that mean yet another thing to store in
> my refrigerator or freezer?

Yes. A few years ago I made the mistake of mentioning them to my mom. I
said that although I was using them, I wasn't using a lot of them at a time
and I didn't want to have to store them in my fridge. She somehow massively
misunderstood and gifted me with a Costco sized package of the pre-ground.
I was *not* happy! She never pays attention to what it says on the
packages. She had the same and was keeping them at room temp. But stuff
like this goes rancid right away. She also keeps her old fashioned peanut
butter at room temp. and apparently can not tell by the taste when a food is
rancid. There have been times when I had to buy the pre-ground because that
was all they had at the store I was shopping at. But since I generally only
use perhaps 1 T. at a time, I could never use up one bag much less that
giant Costco jug.