“The daily grind” has become a cliché we use to describe the unsatisfactory feeling that accompanies spending our days toiling for someone else’s bottom line. But that phrase has a much different historical root, one that I’ve come to understand on a personal level.
Grinding flour to yield the day’s bread is a repetitive task, but also a life-giving one that can feed a family. Having brought the literal daily grind back into my kitchen with a hand-operated grain mill, I’d like to share with you what it’s like to live with—and love — grinding all the flour for a household’s needs.
Sourcing a Hand-Operated Grain Mill
For manual mills, get the best-quality implement you can afford. The better the construction, the better it’ll serve you (and maybe your kids). I didn’t follow that advice with my first mill. Instead, I purchased a cheap yet highly rated model with plastic components; a spindly, removable handle;
