Does anyone in Perth want some wheat?

[meganjane]

Oh Meagan, thank you so much for the offer. I'm having heart palpitations about finding my way there!! I'm not too good at driving in the city anymore! I'd love to go to the office, though, so I'll see how I go...

[Tenina]

Sounds great both 'Megans'...let me know what happens either way! 

[Anaise]

I don't need wheat but I do have a question.
I have access to unlimited supply of export wheat but have been concerned that it may be treated or sprayed?
It isn't organic but I have been using it to grind nto flour for breadmaking.

Any ideas what happen sto export grade wheat as far as treatments etc?

[cookie1]

If the wheat is to be exported it should be food grade. Usually only wheat that is to be kept for seed has 'stuff' put on/in it.
Please correct me if I'm wrong someone.

[faffa_70]

Hey I just had a thought!! If the weather is bad next week for the get together....Maybe we should make the new venue Tenina's office lol and she can just whip up a quick little something for morning tea 

[cookie1]

Now that sounds lovely. If her office is too small I'm sure we can fit somewhere. After all what is better than a whole group of Thermomix fanatics hanging round.

[faffa_70]

Plenty of room in her office, it is the test/training/cooking class kitchen at head office 

[achookwoman]

reply to "Does any one in Perth want some wheat"

I asked a wheat farmer , from Victoria, what they treated the bulk silo wheat with so that the bugs don't damage the grain.   He said they pump a non-poisonous gas into the silos.  I also was concerned about the quality of the non organic wheat.   Still am !

[cookie1]

Most farmers, not all, only put wheat into silos if they are going to use it for seed the next year. Although I now believe some are storing it on the farm to wait for better prices.

[Thermomixer]

Welcome achookwoman - hope you bring lots af extra knowledge to our little forum. 

[cookie1]

Yes welcome, you kind of snuck in there. How long have you had your Thermomix?

[meganjane]

As far as grain stored in silos, only seed grain may be treated. We don't treat our grain when we store it unless it's for seed. Export wheat may be treated, you would need to check where it came from. I would imagine it's fine.
If I had my druthers, I'd love our farm to be totally organic - just can't persuade an old farmer to change his ways!

Now, coming back to the wheat/oats/barley, I'll be bring lupins to Perth!! The oats has too much barley grass in it, so my darling DH is getting some lupins that we have stored for sheep feed - no chemicals!! Lupin flour makes great bread, apparently!
We sometimes feed lupins to the yabbies in the dams. They're incredibly sensitive to chemicals - one sniff and they walk out of the dams, besides the fact that we don't want to feed our sheep any chemicals either....

[cookie1]

Memories.........................we used to feed lupins to the coonacks.

[cookie1]

I've just been talking to my brother and he said lupin flour makes lovely bread and scones. Sounds exciting.

[Sinead]

Ohhh exciting..
At the risk of being crazy cheeky what size container shall i bring?