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I have a question about my new barley crusher.
I ordered a barley crusher on-line and it just arrived today. I was reading over the instructions and it says that the first time that you use it (or if it has been sitting for a while) you need to run 1/2 lb of grain through it, toss the grain you just ran through, brush off the rollers, and then crush the grain bill. I didn't know this at the time I ordered it, and I need it on Saturday. I don't have the extra grain to spare and won't have a chance to get it. So, how important is this step, and why is it needed in the first place?
Maybe you can just put a box or two of cereal through it. Probably is to get rid of the oils on the grinder. So try some cheap boxes of cereal, should do the same thing.
I don't have one so I'm just guessing but if they say to do that it's for a good reason.
DC
I really like that cereal idea. That's one of the best ideas I have heard in a long time.
2 boxes sounds right. You could probably get away with a container of oatmeal too.
Or make try some rice...probably too hard.
Duh, I should have realized that it's probably to remove cutting oil, I work with pipe for a living and use the stuff all the time to cut threads. I'll give the cereal thing a try. Thanks for the help.
Ok, I went to the dollar store to try to find the cheapest cereal possible. I figured that if I'm just gonna toss it, I may as well buy something I'd never actually eat anyway. But that was a no-go, they didn't have any, but they did have rice. So I bought a two lb bag of rice and ran that through. It was a little tough to run through the rollers(if I need to do that again I'll make sure that I charge up the battery for the drill), but it worked. Thanks again.
Rice must have been hard. I would have tried oatmeal.
I would have tried a wheat cereal like spoon sized shredded wheat or regular and break it up before putting it in. Seems it might do a better job of soaking up the oil than a hard covered grain like rice. maybe I'm wrong. wheaties, cherrios, wheat chex, corn chex, you can get the generic version in the bag cheap. Better to lose that then have a batch of beer taste cruddy.
DC
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