[PolkaDot]

I really enjoyed the NL article from Katherine. I plan to try the recipe this week, and have one question. I have never used Millet, nor could I find it locally (and I looked everywhere :-),) even with the organic foods. Anyway, in researching it a bit I see that I can buy hulled millet and also millet flour, and wonder which to use?

I have King Arthur Unbleached Flour and may try it, although I am a big fan of Cerasota Unbleached, which I have used forever, as did Mom and my Great Aunts and Grandmother.

I am trying to use more healthy ingredients and eat more meals at home, and this recipe looks really good! Thanks, Katherine!

[Sara Arell]

Katherine's recipe did sound yummy, Dot! Let us know how yours turns out. I wouldn't know where to look for millet here either but would have looked in the same kinds of places you did and would have thought that maybe a health food store would carry it. I'll check around our health food store and see if they have it - if I can get it, I'll send it to you!

[Nica]

Honestly, there's two places that I can think of that my parents pick up stuff like that. They sell it in their store, but I'm not sure it's quite what you want (it's a feed and garden store, so animal feed). They also go to Amish country and pick up all kinds of specialty grains. I don't know if that is helpful, but maybe it will give you a few more ideas. Did you PM Katherine?

[diannecp]

I have seen that kind of stuff, usually in the organic or gluten-free section of the larger grocery stores. Bob's Red Mill is one brand that comes to mind. I hope to try this recipe soon also.

[PolkaDot]

Thanks, everyone! I did find many Bob's Red Mill products locally, but no millet. I had to spell it for the customer service desk staff in each store, LOL. THEN they remembered studying it in grade school before Thanksgiving. Corn, millet............LOL. I did go ahead and order the Bob's Red Mill Millet online, but still am not sure if I should use the (human consumption grade) hulls or the flour in the recipe. It sounds very healthy, though....proteins, amino acids, etc. I do like a little texture, too.

[tiza126]

I have some millet at home and don't know what to do with it. (I ordered mine from nuts.com) I'll have to try Katherine's recipe!

[KatherineW]

Hi, Ladies.

I get my millet from the bulk bin area at Whole Foods. I just buy about 1/2 a cup at a time and it's pretty cheap. Any other natural food store should have it too (Trader Joe's, Richards, etc). It looks like tiny yellow balls/seeds. You'll want to use the millet, not the millet flour. I use King Arthur's Unbleached Bread Flour, but any bread flour will do. Just make sure it's "bread" four and not "all-purpose", because the protein and gluten levels makes all the difference when baking. The millet adds a nice crunch to the bread recipe and bit more durability to the crust and crumb. Let me know if you try the recipe and what you think.

PS: I use an electric knife so I can get nice even slices.

[PolkaDot]

KatherineW, on 08 November 2012 - 10:00 AM, said:

Hi, Ladies.

I get my millet from the bulk bin area at Whole Foods. I just buy about 1/2 a cup at a time and it's pretty cheap. Any other natural food store should have it too (Trader Joe's, Richards, etc). It looks like tiny yellow balls/seeds. You'll want to use the millet, not the millet flour. I use King Arthur's Unbleached Bread Flour, but any bread flour will do. Just make sure it's "bread" four and not "all-purpose", because the protein and gluten levels makes all the difference when baking. The millet adds a nice crunch to the bread recipe and bit more durability to the crust and crumb. Let me know if you try the recipe and what you think.

PS: I use an electric knife so I can get nice even slices.

Thank you, Katherine!

Thanks for the reminder about using the bread flour, too. I do plan to bake it in the bread machine. My millet arrived yesterday, so the launch sequence has been activated.

I also use an electric knife to slice bread.......works better than anything, doesn't it? My oldest DS can't stand that noise and it is a sure way to get him to leave a room. Hahahaha, he always was strange, as my Mom used to say (about me.) (My personal idiosyncracy is popping Pillsbury cans, or cans under pressure. Neither I, nor any of my siblings, can open a Pillsbury can. It's hilarious at Thanksgiving when my sister wants to make crescent rolls. I am sure Mom must have scared all of us with a popping fresh Pillsbury can when we were kids.)

[Sara Arell]

Wondering how your bread turned out, Dot! I think I could smell it baking from here! YUM!