Sifting whole wheat flour

Posted: Mon, May 25 2009, 2:53 am Post subject: sifting whole wheat flour

Do you need a special sifter specifically for whole wheat flour? I tried it in the one I usually use for regular flour and it was taking so long, I gave up and only used the white flour.
_________________
Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you

Posted: Mon, May 25 2009, 3:22 am Post subject:

In Israel I now only buy whole wheat flour that has been vacuum packed or frozen on the day it was sifted, and so doesn't require sifting.
_________________
"The problem begins with... their political hangers oners... such as Anat Hoffman. She is a davener like I am a chinese belly dancer." (FS)

Professional Hebrew>English translations - pm me for details.
(Complimentary ad as mod)

Posted: Mon, May 25 2009, 3:27 am Post subject: Re: sifting whole wheat flour

Posted: Mon, May 25 2009, 3:28 am Post subject:

Posted: Mon, May 25 2009, 3:33 am Post subject:

Posted: Mon, May 25 2009, 3:36 am Post subject:

Posted: Mon, May 25 2009, 3:45 am Post subject:

come in and visit - I am 5 minutes from the store

Posted: Mon, May 25 2009, 3:49 am Post subject:

They sell it in regular mehadrin stores now - look in the freezer, or ask.

Posted: Mon, May 25 2009, 4:15 am Post subject:

Posted: Mon, May 25 2009, 6:02 am Post subject: re: sifting whole wheat flour

I had thought that if you sift WW flour you are sifting out the healthy part. When you sift it does all of it go through the sifter or do you have some left on top?

I know that shefa shuk carries WW frozen flour.

Posted: Mon, May 25 2009, 6:10 am Post subject:

Posted: Mon, May 25 2009, 6:32 am Post subject:

My dh has just gone to get some, I will tell you cost per kilo when he gets back .. you ghuys reminded me that I need to make challot and pizza this week.
And he usually takes a break around now . (there is a 1:30 mincha at the pizza store Smile

Posted: Mon, May 25 2009, 6:49 am Post subject:

10sh /kilo

Posted: Mon, May 25 2009, 6:51 am Post subject: re: sifting whole wheat flour

When I used to shop in Shepha there was always sifted whole wheat flour too

Moderator Joined: Dec 04 2005 Posts: 6172 Location: israel

I also started only buying it pre-sifted.

It's in the refrigerators at the health food stores. They have 70% and 95% whole wheat.

Posted: Wed, May 27 2009, 7:31 pm Post subject: re: sifting whole wheat flour

I sift my ww flour, and then check what's left in the sifter basket for bugs. If there's no bugs, then I dump all of the bran that's left over back into the sifted flour.