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Can I grind up pasta to get flour?!

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Well, what do you think? I am slowly getting through everything on my grocery shelves. The idea is to completely finish all stored grains, grain products, lentils, beans, rice and other non-perishables in the next 6 months. I am on a clean-up-the-whole-kitchen-and-start-completely-afresh drive.

I have some pasta but I am not very keen on making it because I tend to cut down on my vegetable portions if I eat too much pasta with regular meals. I do want to try my hand at some bread again - so if I take the pasta (white, acini de pepe) and grind it to a coarse powder will that make a good bread flour along with ground bulghur? I am thinking of making some kind of fruit/banana/apple based bread.

Does this sound insane? Well... it does sound a bit weird but still, do you think it might just possibly work? Thoughts?
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💬 5 comments

  1. paul ·

    It just might work, but couldn't you just give it away or eat it and buy flower. Sounds like a big waste of energy.

  2. drew ·

    what Paul said. Or even trade it for flour with somebody who likes pasta.

  3. james ·

    What kind of flour do you want? I will trade you.

  4. tinypliny ·

    You are so sweet, @james. :-) I ended up blending the acini de pepe with bulghur and now its marinating in an almond, apple and banana smash in the fridge.

    I really need to get butter and eggs for the bread but I am having a terrible time working myself up to buy either of those. Believe it or not, I walked to the Coop yesterday but walked right back because I couldn't work up the conviction to buy butter and eggs! I am hoping I can reach a compromise midweek. Sometimes, I think my schoolwork psychologically interferes with my diet big time! A wicked piping voice is always screeching at me to practice what I will preach. :/

  5. oda ·

    i think you are completely insane. there is no way that you will be able to bake bread from ground up pasta. (but your attempt makes me like you a whole bunch!)

    and i do admire your attempt to try to make apple crisp or the like with very finely ground up pasta (i certainly hope you have a food processor). this may in fact taste great , and i would love to know how it turns out.

    also, pasta is one of the most flexible grains. goes well with any vegetable on the planet. try it...you'll like it!

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