Grain flaker

A grain flaker (also oat roller or flaking mill) is a tool for flattening whole-seed cereal grains. When this is done with oats, the seed form, called groats, becomes a foodstuff called rolled oats. Whole grains store longer but cereals are usually cooked before consumption by humans; the rolling process significantly decreases cooking time.[1] Spelt and wheat can also be rolled.[2] Grains other than oats may need to be softened before they can be rolled.[3] Oat rollers work by flattening the grain against a rolling cylinder.[1] It is possible to build a home-scale manually cranked flaking mill.[4] Oats can also be flaked using a rolling pin or a pasta press.[5]

Industrial-scale oat roller manufactured in London, 1906

Using a grain flaker to produced rolled oats for horse feed may decrease horse indigestion compared to feed composed solely of groats.[6]

References
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  2. Vankevich, Ned (1999). Y2K Made Simple: A Natural Health Resource Guide. Paraclete Press. ISBN 978-1-55725-238-8.
  3. Aston, Patricia Spigarelli; Spigarelli, Jack A. (2020-09-08). Crisis Preparedness Handbook, 3rd Edition: A Comprehensive Guide to Home Storage and Physical Survival. Cross-Current Publishing. ISBN 978-0-936348-07-0.
  4. Kuhtz, Christian (2012-06-12). Christian Kuhtz: Einfälle statt Abfälle(dOCUMENTA (13): 100 Notes - 100 Thoughts, 100 Notizen - 100 Gedanken # 081). Hatje Cantz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7757-3110-2.
  5. "How to Roll Oats at Home". Gourmet Vegetarian Kitchen. 2019-09-12. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  6. Division, Canada Animal Husbandry (1921). Progress Report.
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