What is wholemeal flour??? I went to my local health/organic store in search of wholemeal flour. They had no idea of what it was. Could it be whole wheat?
Dorothy, wholemeal is usually going to be whole wheat; it's another case of the difference between American English and UK English, I believe. Helend just posted her wholemeal spelt bread--it just means whole grain whatever flour. If your recipe doesn't specify some other grain, you can safely assume it means wheat.
Browndog is mostly right.....but the meal part of the name comes from the grind size of the flour. ie, corn meal. I am recently grinding my own flours for artisan breads because I am unable to find the grinds I want. Kitchen aid has a wonderful little guy for about 150.00 usd. It can grind anyhard grains like Hard red wheat berries and Rye berries to the softer Farro Spelt. I use it to regrind my cornmeal into corn flour for Anadama Bread with a softer crumb. The wholemeal also makes for a good soaker or levain and the texture is truely hearty.
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Wholemeal flour
Dorothy, wholemeal is usually going to be whole wheat; it's another case of the difference between American English and UK English, I believe. Helend just posted her wholemeal spelt bread--it just means whole grain whatever flour. If your recipe doesn't specify some other grain, you can safely assume it means wheat.
rye starter and wholemeal flour
Just wanted to thank you all for answering my questions and all the wonderful suggestions..
Whole meal flour
Hi Dorothy
Browndog is mostly right.....but the meal part of the name comes from the grind size of the flour. ie, corn meal. I am recently grinding my own flours for artisan breads because I am unable to find the grinds I want. Kitchen aid has a wonderful little guy for about 150.00 usd. It can grind anyhard grains like Hard red wheat berries and Rye berries to the softer Farro Spelt. I use it to regrind my cornmeal into corn flour for Anadama Bread with a softer crumb. The wholemeal also makes for a good soaker or levain and the texture is truely hearty.
Bubba