March 25, 2010 - 9:45am
New Fidibus Classic mill
I feel a little bad about a post like this, but I just wanted to share the excitment: I received my fidibus classic yesterday, after having "visited" it daily for the last six months! Some preliminary observations:
- At the finest setting, the resulting flour is super fine, more like pastry flour, with smal bran specks (bigger then with the Vita-Mix).
- It is much faster then I thought, based on specs and comments.
- It looks as good in person as the pictures, if not better.
I am looking forward to my first loaves with it this weekend!
One question, for good measure:
- Are there special sifters that can be used to remove the bran, if desired? As it is, it would go through my triple decker regular flour sifter.
- Any special advice about using fresh flour?
Jocelyn
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Congratulations on your purchase. You have a high end mill with an excellent reputation. Enjoy!
A bit of encouragement - even experienced home bakers who use commercial whole grain flour often experience a learning curve when they transition to home milled flour. As a long time member of TFL, I've read many posts on this issue.
Hopefully, you'll have a seamless transition. If you do not, don't be discouraged . There is a difference between fresh home milled vs (even the best quality) commercially available whole grain flour milled from the same grain. If you experience problems, it is not a reflection on your expertise as a bread baker.
congrats! Can you post a pic of it? I have been regularly "visiting" the Fidibus classic on naturaleurope.com for the past 6 months, will take the plunge one of these days! If you don't mind my asking, What did you pay for it?
So I paid their regular price, 399$ I think, which is quite surprising since it is 499$ everywhere else. But I am in Canada and shipping UPS netted me another 80$ of shipping and Custom Brokerage, a topic all of itself...
a quick search on google with the term "Fidibus classic" shows this photo...
and this review by a TFL member http://www.thefreshloaf.com/keyword/komo
plastic soil classifiers from lmine www.lmine.com to sift my home milled flours.
The finest one that I use (occaisionally) is the 100 mesh - from which I have (with careful milling) gotten pure white flour. You may experience some differences. These go much fine than most flour sifters.
They are not intended for food use, but I consider that the flour is in contact with them for a very short time and probably no harm is done.
They have done yeoman's work at my house and are still in great shape.
Hope this helps.