This 1,000-Year-Old Mill Has Resumed Production Due to Demand for Flour
24th April 2020
The Sturminster Newton Mill is an ancient flour mill that serenely stands on the River Stour in Dorset, England. It’s a fully operational wooden water mill, the kind of benignly historical site where groups of British schoolchildren are willing to display an interest in its circa-1611 construction and its souvenir tea towels if it means getting a day out.
Sometimes the old ways are best.
Judging by the layout it’s an undershot wheel, which is the most efficient type.
The chief problem with stone-ground grain is that the millstones wear and you get rock dust in the flour, which has a negative impact on the teeth over a long period of time.
April 24th, 2020 at 13:09
On the other hand, rock dust is gluten free, non-GMO, and has zero carbs.