war eagle mill

Homegrown Tomatoes · April 13, 2009, 05:18:39 PM

I mentioned this in another post somewhere and thought I would start another thread about it. We stopped by here and had lunch on the way home from Missouri last Saturday, and they have really reasonably priced food in their third story restaurant. Neat place. Baked a couple of loaves of bread with their flour and one of their recipes today, and it is wonderful. So, if you're ever in western Arkansas, make a point of going by to check it out. The kids loved it, too, and it was a pretty place to get out and stretch our legs a bit. However, if you're squeamish about using an outhouse, you'll probably want to stop before leaving town because there aren't any indoor toilets (I seriously doubt anyone on this forum of all places would be freaked out by an outhouse, but you never know.) Anyway, here's a link to their site, and from what I understand, they can ship their flour all over the place. I noticed when we were in their store, they had "frequent flour" cards where you could earn points and so forth.
http://www.wareaglemill.com/

southernsis · April 13, 2009, 05:56:01 PM

Homegrown,
I am about 200 miles east of there. I will have to make a trip there and check it out. If you are in my area, let me know. Love to show you my place. Hopefully we will get to take a trip over there in a few weeks.

April 13, 2009, 06:16:34 PM

I looked at the website. Had to buy a lot of things. Told my husband about it, so we are making a trip there next weekend. Can't wait. Thank you for the information.

glenn kangiser · April 13, 2009, 11:40:22 PM

I like mills - cool.

Windpower · April 14, 2009, 06:33:05 AM

"frequent flour" cards

cracks me up

April 14, 2009, 09:17:07 AM

I'm 2 hours away from War Eagle and love to go there in October when they have their War Eagle Mill Arts & Crafts Fair. It's the largest craft fair in the state and people come from hundreds of miles to attend. It is an awsome experience to attend and watch the craftsmen make and sell their crafts. The food is pretty darn good also...especially the "kettle corn".

Homegrown Tomatoes · April 14, 2009, 01:12:33 PM

Glad I could be of assistance

. It is a neat place. I'd seen pictures and driven past there probably hundreds of times, but had never gone out to the mill. I wanted the girls to see how they use the water to power the mill, so we decided that we'd go a mere 17 miles out of our usual path to visit... now I think it'll be a regular stop on our route when we go up there. I didn't know about the restaurant until my mom's mechanic mentioned that he and his wife always stopped there on their way to Branson. So, when we got near Rogers and it was around lunch time, I thought, why not? All the grains and flours, etc., are organic, too, so that's an added plus. Lunch was great, and cost less than it would have to stop at a fast food joint.

Yeah, I thought the "frequent flour" cards were funny, too. I thought about getting one, but didn't ask about it as my kids were all over the place and I was trying to keep an eye on them.

Homegrown Tomatoes · April 16, 2009, 03:43:52 PM

Ssis, I want to hear your opinion after your trip this weekend. I bought one of the cookbooks (I think it was the whole grain and honey cookbook or something to that effect.) Two days ago I tried the first recipe in the book that was for whole wheat honey bread. It was great. So, DH forgot to wrap up the first loaf after he got a slice, and it kind of dried out overnight (there were only about 2 slices left, anyway) and I crumbled it up and cut into the second loaf to make the recipe for carrot bread pudding. It was excellent. There is no refined sugar in ANY of the recipes in the book. All five family members gave it two thumbs way up, and Sylvie liked it so much she rubbed it all in her hair. Anyway, I sliced up the remaining loaf of bread and put some spaghetti sauce, cheese, and pepperoni on each slice and stuck it in the oven until the cheese melted, and that was supper. Anyway, so far I've been impressed with the quality of the flour and the bread made from it.

Homegrown Tomatoes · April 17, 2009, 03:35:54 PM

Made the pound cake today... doesn't making a pound cake with whole wheat and honey kind of defeat the purpose of pound cake? Anyway, it tastes good and will go well with the strawberries I bought yesterday.

April 19, 2009, 07:07:22 PM

So, Ssis, how was it?

The pound cake is all gone. I think it actually tasted better a day old than it did fresh. Funny thing is usually cake goes to waste in our house and only a few pieces get eaten, but the whole thing was gobbled up, especially by DH who proclaimed that it was the perfect companion for a cup of coffee.

Homegrown Tomatoes · April 21, 2009, 12:08:42 PM

Bumping the thread for Ssis... wondering if you went to War Eagle or not and if so how did you like it?