Whole wheat hot cereal?
This is not specifically a bread related topic, but I thought it was worth asking here anyway.
I enjoy a whole grain hot cereal for breakfast. I can readily purchase rolled oats or barley, but I also like to have variety by having a hot whole wheat cereal. I used to purchase Krusteaz Zoom crushed wheat cereal but was recently discontinued. I also have had Cream of Wheat Whole Grain cereal but it is not distributed in my area and is ≈$6 for an 18 oz box ($5.25/lb) from Amazon.
I've tried Bob's Red Mill 10-Grain and 5-Grain cereals and they're good, but not quite what I was looking for, and not exclusively wheat cereals. I've tried Wheatena (didn't care for it) and Ralston Whole Wheat Cereal (also discontinued). I bought some rolled wheat flakes from Country Life Natural Foods but they were made with white wheat and didn't taste very wheat-y.
Can anyone recommend a whole wheat hot cereal available for a reasonable price (≈$3/lb)? Thanks!
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https://bulkpricedfoodshoppe.com/product/rolled-wheat-flakes/
Yippee
And this:
https://www.morebeer.com/products/flaked-white-wheat-maltwerks-premium-ingredients.html?variant=AJ36E&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwzva1BhD3ARIsADQuPnV_O...Azure Standard carries grain cereal, but it contains non-wheat grains:
https://www.azurestandard.com/shop/product/food/cereals/hot/mixes/10-grain-cereal/15202?package=CE097
https://www.azurestandard.com/shop/product/food/cereals/hot/rolled/multi-grain-flakes/rolled-9-grain-flakes/10489?package=CE319
Thanks for the link, Yippee. That vendor hadn't come up in my prior searches. The prices are great, the shipping is a little high, but most vendors are these days.
Just curious 🧐🧐🧐
Yippee
I built a cart but haven't placed the order, yet. Looking to see if there are other goodies available.
I'm ≈150 miles from the business, so that is probably the low end of shipping charges.
Can you find Rolled Kamut?
Not sure where you live but here's an example from amz. The price is too high but it should be cheaper in a health food store or food co-op. If you have any Indian markets check out what they stock. Ours locally have all manner of grains, legumes, or lentils.
https://www.amazon.com/Grain-Place-Foods-Non-GMO-Khorasan/dp/B00CP6B0R4/ref=asc_df_B00CP6B0R4/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=692875362841&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10832717478648761956&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=t&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9028293&hvtargid=pla-2281435177138&psc=1&mcid=0db62f4628a03ed38641d966a3e6c053&hvocijid=10832717478648761956-B00CP6B0R4-&hvexpln=73&gad_source=1
I'd love to try some rolled Kamut but, unfortunately, not at that price. I'd also like some triticale flakes for a reasonable price, but I'll settle for wheat for now.
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Amazon has Yupik organic Kamut flakes 2.2lbs $10.99 free shipping - and grains 2.2lbs $9.99.
I liked Zoom as well (a habit I got from my North Dakota Norwegian grandfather), but it hasn’t been available for a while now. I have some farina that is the same as Zoom and I thought I had gotten it a while back from Bob’s Red Mill. But looking online it’s not there.
Try Wheatena. You can get it on Amazon, and it’s been around for well over 100 years,
- Greg
I tried Wheatena several years ago. I really wanted to like it but it just didn't work for me. I would try it again if I could get one box for $3–4/lb. The price for a single box on Amazon is significantly higher than that (>$6/lb). The multi-packs for sale are cheaper, but if I don't like it, I've got six boxes to get through.
This won't be of much use to you because they don't ship to the US. On the off-chance you have any southern Ontario connections, I'll post the link anyway. Whole grain Cream of Wheat, made on premises, is $7.99Cdn for 2 lbs, + 10% off first order, which would be fairly close to the $3/lb mark in US$, if you could pay in US$ and could get to the stuff.
https://arvaflourmills.com/products/red-river-cream-of-whole-wheat-cereal-908g?_pos=3&_sid=e332a6dc4&_ss=r
Arva Flour Mill does now ship to the US. But the current price+shipping to the US is outside the range I'm looking for. If only these products were available at the grocer.
Do you have a Natural Grocers or a natural foods store in your vicinity? I was at NG today picking up rolled rye and rolled barley flakes. I wasn't looking for wheat but they probably had that too. It's not exactly the same as the hot cereal, but perhaps with a rough chop in the FP it could produce something similar enough.
I looked at a natural foods co-op a couple of months ago and was disappointed. It did not have wheat flakes or barley malt syrup that I was also looking for. I came out empty-handed.
Country Life Natural Foods makes a 4-grain blend that contains rolled oats, rolled barley, rolled wheat, rolled rye, and sunflower seeds. It works well as a porridge or as a soaker for breads.
Paul
I like CLNF and have ordered from them before. They have some things I can't find elsewhere (Soy Curls!). However, I can get Bob's RM 5-grain blend (same as above, but with flaxseed instead of sunflower seed) at the grocer. I like it and just bought some yesterday, but sometimes I would like just wheat cereal, or want to add wheat flakes to bread.
to coarse-grind grains for hot cereals and added texture for breads, and like it a lot.
https://www.amazon.com/Victoria-GRN-101-Manual-Grinder-Hopper/dp/B00JZXCLPU
Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm not sure I want to grind my own grain.
bulgur
I have tried some #1 bulgur and the jury is still out as a breakfast hot cereal. But I like bulgur in other applications.
I have one of these flakers, and it has proven to be handy. I used to have a hand crank flaker but rarely used it. The futz factor of setting it up became more than I wanted to deal with, especially in the morning. I know the DIY approach isn't for everyone, but I appreciate being able to easily flake any grain I want when the mood for something different strikes. (That said, we also have Quaker's old fashioned oatmeal fairly often. 😉)
Some grain doesn't flake well without tempering, producing something more like Scottish oatmeal (coarse meal consistency). Others seem to do well straight out of the cannister. The wheat I have flaked usually takes longer to cook than oats or barley. I haven't tried flaking > soaking overnight in the cooking water > cooking the next morning yet.
Tempering is easy enough:
For every 100 gm (~ 1 cup) of grain, add 10 gm (2 tsp) of water to a jar with a lid. (I use a mason jar, but anything with a lid would work.) Shake the jar well until all the grain is moistened and let it sit on the counter for a few minutes. Shake again until no grain is sticking to the sides of the jar. Depending on results, I may do a third round of shaking. Then let it sit for ~ 8 hours and it's ready for flaking. Probably best to not temper until you are getting ready to flake, as I'm not sure if slightly hydrated grain would be prone to mold over time or not.
Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm not sure I want to flake my own grain.