Early Christmas!

Ever since starting this whole foods journey I have wanted a grain mill. I love to bake bread from scratch and having a mill to grind your own fresh nutritious flour is the ultimate! Grain mills are pretty darned expensive though, a decent one will cost you well over $200.
This morning I went to a sale at a local B&B and found this treasure...

...I thought to myself, surely it can't work properly if it's only
FIVE FREAKIN' BUCKS!
I took it up to the 90+ year old lady who was in charge and asked if it still worked. She smiled and said, "Oh yes! I must have made a thousand loaves of bread with that grinder!" She reassured me it was a good, solid machine (no cheap plastic parts!) and it even came with pure muslin bags for the flour!
It sounds as loud as a jet engine when it's turned on...but I don't care!

I found the owner's manual online: Lee Household Flour Mill

That sweet lady seemed genuinely happy that someone took her mill that would use it, and I'm thankful she had a mill to sell ('cause Santa wasn't going to be bringing me one this year!)

So don't be surprised if this year you get a loaf of homemade whole wheat, rye, or sprouted grain bread with your Christmas present
...and maybe a little pumpkin apple butter to go with it!