Does anyone know how to hull oats at home so that it can be used like oatmeal or oat groats? Does it take special equipment?

-- Susie Stretton (nightsong@beci.net), December 24, 1999

Answers

You can buy or grow hulless oats that saves you the trouble of getting the hulls off as they can be a tough proposition without the proper equipment. I'd love to find a manual homeowner/small farm oat and barley huller. A manual rice huller too.

Once you have the hull off you have a whole oat groat. There are several roller/flaker mills on the market that can be used to turn the groat into rolled oats. The Family Grain mill and the Country Living Mill both have roller/flaker attachments and the Marga mill is a dedicated roller mill. A quick net search will turn up a number of sources or you could check some of the retailers I have listed in the FAQ. I review nearly every mill on the current market in my book The Prudent Pantry: Your Guide to Building a Food Insurance Program.

.........Alan.

The Prudent Food Storage FAQ, v3.5

http://www.providenceco-op.com

-- A.T. Hagan (athagan@netscape.net), December 27, 1999.