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Just getting into AG. What does everyone do with their grain?

I have 6 dogs so I am going to make some dog biscuits. Other than that not sure what I can make with the rest. Just looking for ideas.

Thanks;

Bill

Most days my wife makes some type of bread with them. Yesterday, she made some cranberry bread. It's awesome (although this one didn't really rise well).
Tonite she's using some to make some chocolate chip cookies. She made some 2 weeks ago that were a hit.

We've not made any dog biscuits yet but might in the future. However, you don't need much grain to make any of this so I still end up throwing 95% of it away. 13-17 lbs of grain we just can't use.

Dump it on the back hill.

Compost pile

Bread, doggie biskies, I feed my grain to my chickens, sometimes I dump in the field and watch the deer devour them.

I've made some bars, not bad... otherwise I dump them in my cut grass pile. No critters are interested....

I've given some to a friend with chickens and he says they devour it. But none of the wild birds or other animals around my house go for it at all. Mostly it goes to fill in low spots on the lawn and in the vegetable garden for mulch/compost. Always plan to use some in baking stuff, but never seem to have the energy after brewing so that never happens. Anybody happen to know if freezing the grains to bake with later is any good? Or should they be used really fresh?

I was trashing the spent grains until recently.
Another brewer used his to make bread with and gave me the recipe.
Now I share my grains with a neighbor and make bread with them. Darn good bread, especially toasted.
I pack them up 3 or 4 cup to a freezer bag and freeze them.
Haven't noticed any difference in the defrosted vs the unfrozen ones.

Freezing won't be an issue since you are only using it for bulk/texture... and it doesnt get freezer burnt like meats...
I wonder why wild animals won't touch it? At least not here or Joe's place...Even chipmunks and mice leave it alone, but woud destroy a bag of unused grain...Picky bastarges...

Probably animals don't eat it because we boiled the starch out of it. Not much left to eat, compared to a nearby acorn.

I have a compost bin that could use some.

Found a neighbor who has chickens, they LOVE it and I get a dozen eggs per 5 gallon batch.

Sourdough whole wheat bread. Delicious, and getting easier after a couple of batches of experience.

mtsoxfan wrote:I've made some bars, not bad... otherwise I dump them in my cut grass pile. No critters are interested....

I've noticed that with mine and it's pretty confusing.
I would figure that squirrels and mice, as well as deer would scarf these things up but NO animal touches them!

Foothiller wrote:Sourdough whole wheat bread. Delicious, and getting easier after a couple of batches of experience.

Sounds fantastic!
I love sourdough. Where can I find a recipe?!