Tried my new hand grain mill today.
Didn’t want to use macadamia nuts or cashew nuts, though, since those are expensive.
So I went to the shop and got some unsalted, blanched peanuts.
I’ll be honest: when I assembled the machine, I was sceptical.
This thing didn’t look like it could grind air.
But what to do?
I spent money on it, so there it is, mounted to a table.
Better use it.
I dropped a handful of peanuts into the hopper and started turning the handle, thinking it would jam or something. (The peanut butter machine… jammed. Get it? He he.)
What came out of the mill was gorgeous, so I poured the rest of the bag, about a kilo’s worth of peanuts, into the hopper.
It took about fifteen minutes to mill.
Prolly closer to ten minutes, but I was interrupted by a phone call.
What a lekker workout!
I was considering chucking a fat motor on this grinder, but it’s so lekker to grind the nuts by hand that I might get another one of these low-tech beasts, set up the two next to each other and start my own nut butter workout programme.
The peanuts did not grind to a paste, which is a concern.
I don’t think they’re oily enough.
But it’s nothing to stress about.
The grinder produced a fine powdery substance ready to be mixed with something like honey.
So that’s the next step.
I’ll be making a honey peanut butter and handing it out for taste testing.
Hopefully it’ll soon join the Banana Honey Bomb as another Lush Yummy nut butter product.
How exciting is this?
I can’t wait to bring an authentic peanut butter to Jeffreys Bay.
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I have a nut butter business idea titubating in my head. Hope to release more details soon, and offer people an opportunity to make some nut butter side hustle cash.