ALL wild grass seeds are edible and can be used as flour or cereal. Some are better than others for nutrition. Most of the grasses have tiny seeds, so grinding them loosely and then letting the wind or a fan blow most of the chaff from the seeds is the easiest way to process them.

Although most flour is made from wheat, it can also be made from other starchy plant foods. These include barley, buckwheat, corn, lima beans, oats, peanuts, potatoes, soybeans, rice, and rye. Many varieties of wheat exist for use in making flour.

Flour is made by grinding uncooked grains, roots, or seeds into a fine powder; most preppers are familiar with the standard plants you can turn into flour, such as wheat, corn, and barley.

Believe it or not, it’s illegal to grow wheat at home. Commercial wheat operations are often very traumatic to otherwise fertile land because they rely heavily on commercial pesticides and fertilizers for production.

The Bread Experience says: “A wide variety of grains, beans, seeds, and nuts can be ground into flour using your home grain mill. “These include: wheat, rye, corn, rice, barley, oats, buckwheat, millet, kamut, quinoa, peas, mung beans, garbanzos, and lentils.”

What Keeps the Air Bubbles in the Bread. The stretchy part of bread that holds the gas is called gluten. Gluten is formed when the proteins in flour come in contact with water, and as the two ingredients are kneaded, more and more gluten forms. This stretchy molecule traps air bubbles inside the dough.

The optimum temperature for growth of yeasts is in the mesophilic range of 25–30 °C. Yeasts in general can grow over a range of temperatures from 0 °C to 47 °C. Yeasts grow well under acid conditions, at pH 4.0–4.5. They can grow at lower pH than most bacteria, but do not grow well under alkaline conditions.

Eggs make yeast breads finer and richer, help provide color, volume and also bind the ingredients together. Occasionally only the egg yolk is added to doughs for more tenderness.

To kill mold, you must eliminate the moisture available to it. Resist the temptation to use a hair dryer or fan; they will blow mold spores around, increasing the chance that a new colony will sprout. After you’ve dried up the mold, clean it up with soapy water.

The ideal temperature is between 77 and 86 degrees Fahrenheit. During the summer months, temperatures are often higher than normal inside the home. Make an effort to keep temperatures inside the home lower during the summer months. Setting the thermostat to the low 70s makes it more difficult for mold to grow.