I make a bread which includes wheat I have been
grinding from Durham wheat berries. My source
no longer carries them. Can anyone here point me
to an alternate source?

Thanks

On 27 Sep 2004 15:49:40 -0700, (Gary
Flanigan) wrote:

>I make a bread which includes wheat I have been
>grinding from Durham wheat berries. My source
>no longer carries them. Can anyone here point me
>to an alternate source?
>
>Thanks

Hi Gary,

As I suggested on rec.food.sourdough, this is a spelling problem.
Google for "durum wheat berries" (with the quotes) and all will be
well...

HTH,

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at Mon, 27 Sep 2004 23:19:27 GMT in <du7hl05edbqi7sm5dan7h7g7bnjjus1ve5@
4ax.com>, (Kenneth) wrote :

>On 27 Sep 2004 15:49:40 -0700, (Gary
>Flanigan) wrote:
>
>>I make a bread which includes wheat I have been
>>grinding from Durham wheat berries. ...
>
>As I suggested on rec.food.sourdough, this is a spelling problem.
>Google for "durum wheat berries" (with the quotes) and all will be
>well...
>
While we're at it, do you know of a source where I can get *non-commercial*
quantities (i.e. something like 5 lbs or less) of the following:

Organic patent durum flour
Organic durum wheat berries
Organic polished aged (white) Indian Basmati rice (NOT!!! California
Basmati, of which the most common is Lundberg)

All of these are available in wholesale amounts but so far a retail source
eludes me.


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On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 23:14:57 -0000,
(Alex Rast) wrote:

>at Mon, 27 Sep 2004 23:19:27 GMT in <du7hl05edbqi7sm5dan7h7g7bnjjus1ve5@
>4ax.com>, (Kenneth) wrote :
>
>>On 27 Sep 2004 15:49:40 -0700, (Gary
>>Flanigan) wrote:
>>
>>>I make a bread which includes wheat I have been
>>>grinding from Durham wheat berries. ...
>>
>>As I suggested on rec.food.sourdough, this is a spelling problem.
>>Google for "durum wheat berries" (with the quotes) and all will be
>>well...
>>
>While we're at it, do you know of a source where I can get *non-commercial*
>quantities (i.e. something like 5 lbs or less) of the following:
>
>Organic patent durum flour
>Organic durum wheat berries
>Organic polished aged (white) Indian Basmati rice (NOT!!! California
>Basmati, of which the most common is Lundberg)
>
>All of these are available in wholesale amounts but so far a retail source
>eludes me.

Hi Alex,

I do not know a source, but...

If I were looking, I would contact my local health food store. They
are very likely to help.

All the best,

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at Tue, 28 Sep 2004 23:40:34 GMT in
>,
(Kenneth) wrote :

>On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 23:14:57 -0000,
>(Alex Rast) wrote:
>
>>at Mon, 27 Sep 2004 23:19:27 GMT in
>><du7hl05edbqi7sm5dan7h7g7bnjjus1ve5@ 4ax.com>,
(Kenneth) wrote :
>>
>>>On 27 Sep 2004 15:49:40 -0700, (Gary
>>>Flanigan) wrote:
>>>
>>>>I make a bread which includes wheat I have been
>>>>grinding from Durham wheat berries. ...
>>>
>>>As I suggested on rec.food.sourdough, this is a spelling problem.
>>>Google for "durum wheat berries" (with the quotes) and all will be
>>>well...
>>>
>>While we're at it, do you know of a source where I can get
>>*non-commercial* quantities (i.e. something like 5 lbs or less) of the
>>following:
>>
>>Organic patent durum flour
>>Organic durum wheat berries
>>Organic polished aged (white) Indian Basmati rice (NOT!!! California
>>Basmati, of which the most common is Lundberg)
>>
>>All of these are available in wholesale amounts but so far a retail
>>source eludes me.
>
>Hi Alex,
>
>I do not know a source, but...
>
>If I were looking, I would contact my local health food store. They
>are very likely to help.
>
Actually, I already have (at several separate stores). Unfortunately, the
responses have basically been of 3 types:

"We'd be happy to order it - in 50 lb sacks. A 50 lb sack will be about
$20.00. Is that OK?"

"Sorry, our distributor doesn't carry this"

"We have {xxx similar but not correct} item in stock right now"

This last one is most infuriating. What happens is, they don't pay
attention to the details. That is, they have organic durum flour, but it's
coarse semolina, not patent flour. Or they have non-organic durum wheat. Or
they have organic white california Basmati. Etc. etc. There are some store
personnel in any store who you can't make understand that every modifier of
your request is significant.

Of course *my* problem is that I'm far too picky and specific in what I
want. I'm often looking for things with so many detailed, specific aspects
that it's improbable that any store will really carry them, because most
people don't care about all those details, and, in order to get those
details, you'd end up with a higher-priced item. Given that a majority of
customers are extremely price-sensitive, most stores opt for the cheaper
product, especially when you consider that no store can stock every
possible variant of every product.

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On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 08:28:48 -0000
(Alex Rast) wrote:


> "We have {xxx similar but not correct} item in stock right now"
>
> This last one is most infuriating. What happens is, they don't pay
> attention to the details. That is, they have organic durum flour, but
> it's coarse semolina, not patent flour. Or they have non-organic durum
> wheat. Or they have organic white california Basmati. Etc. etc. There are
> some store personnel in any store who you can't make understand that
> every modifier of your request is significant.


The problem with california basmati is that it's not basmati, it's a
hybrid called texmati - originally bred to thrive in texas, thus the name.
Frankly thai jasmine rice is closer to basmati than texmati is, imho.

On the other hand, I would be skeptical of 'organic' labeling on any
agricultural product from india.

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 08:28:48 -0000
(Alex Rast) wrote:


> "We have {xxx similar but not correct} item in stock right now"
>
> This last one is most infuriating. What happens is, they don't pay
> attention to the details. That is, they have organic durum flour, but
> it's coarse semolina, not patent flour. Or they have non-organic durum
> wheat. Or they have organic white california Basmati. Etc. etc. There are
> some store personnel in any store who you can't make understand that
> every modifier of your request is significant.


The problem with california basmati is that it's not basmati, it's a
hybrid called texmati - originally bred to thrive in texas, thus the name.
Frankly thai jasmine rice is closer to basmati than texmati is, imho.

On the other hand, I would be skeptical of 'organic' labeling on any
agricultural product from india.

at Mon, 27 Sep 2004 23:19:27 GMT in <du7hl05edbqi7sm5dan7h7g7bnjjus1ve5@
4ax.com>, (Kenneth) wrote :

>On 27 Sep 2004 15:49:40 -0700, (Gary
>Flanigan) wrote:
>
>>I make a bread which includes wheat I have been
>>grinding from Durham wheat berries. ...
>
>As I suggested on rec.food.sourdough, this is a spelling problem.
>Google for "durum wheat berries" (with the quotes) and all will be
>well...
>
While we're at it, do you know of a source where I can get *non-commercial*
quantities (i.e. something like 5 lbs or less) of the following:

Organic patent durum flour
Organic durum wheat berries
Organic polished aged (white) Indian Basmati rice (NOT!!! California
Basmati, of which the most common is Lundberg)

All of these are available in wholesale amounts but so far a retail source
eludes me.


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In article > ,
(Gary Flanigan) wrote:

> I make a bread which includes wheat I have been
> grinding from Durham wheat berries. My source
> no longer carries them. Can anyone here point me
> to an alternate source?
>
> Thanks

Durum wheat. Perhaps a food co-op? Grain elevator in a farming
community?
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"Gary Flanigan" > wrote in message
m...
>I make a bread which includes wheat I have been
> grinding from Durham wheat berries. My source
> no longer carries them. Can anyone here point me
> to an alternate source?
>
> Thanks


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Stancliff" >
Newsgroups: rec.food.sourdough
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 1:39 PM
Subject: Source of Durham Wheatberries?


> Nicki Sinclair wrote:
>
>> Wheat Montana Farms & Bakery
>>
>> Prairie Gold Hard White Spring Wheat (this is the grain I use to grind
>> and
>> it's great bread making grain)
>>
>> 406 285-3614
>>
>> www.wheatmontana.com
>>
>> Give them a call as they are very helpful in listening and explaining
>> what
>> you wantl.
>>
>> Nicki Sinclair
>> ************************
>>
>> "Gary Flanigan" > wrote in message
>> om...
>>
>>>I've been making the same sourdough for some time
>>>with, amoung many other things, wheat which I grind
>>>from Durham wheatberries. The source I had for the
>>>berries no longer carries them. Can anyone point me
>>>to a source?
>>>
>>>Thanks
>
> I use the Prairie Gold wheat also, and I agree that it makes great bread
> (At least that's what the family says, but they're biased...).
> Unfortunately for this thread, Prairie Gold is not Durum wheat! So, if
> Gary really needs a source for Durum berries, I don't think Wheat
> Montana is the place to go..
>
> However, a google search led me to :
> http://www.organickingdom.com/gr081.html
>
> If 25 or 50 lb bags aren't too much, then this place may be a place to
> look in to.

In article > ,
(Gary Flanigan) wrote:

> I make a bread which includes wheat I have been
> grinding from Durham wheat berries. My source
> no longer carries them. Can anyone here point me
> to an alternate source?
>
> Thanks

Durum wheat. Perhaps a food co-op? Grain elevator in a farming
community?
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"Peace will come when the power of love overcomes the love of power."
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