What are “naked oats”? I work at a feed/seed/garden center. We have feed oats and a lot of the guys plant them for deer/ wildlife. They grow just fine. If they’re ok for human consumption, it might provide a source for some of the posters. They only come in 50# bags, though. LOL
Here is a little bit about naked oats:
"Oats are very hardy and easily grown at home, however, there really isn’t an easy way to dehull them at home. But there is a relatively new variety of oats out which makes this a thing of the past. Naked hulled oats have no tight hull, so simply threshing them as you would other grain leaves them clean and ready to roll or grind. "
I got that from here:
http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/clay78.html
Several people on this thread and the first one discussed reading Jackie's stuff. She is awesome and that's where I first read about naked oats a while back. I got a blank look when I asked about them where I live... but this town has less than 1000 population so that may be why.
I would also really appreciate it if you could find out how we might be able to get them. thanks!
Hey, good to have a feed/seed/garden person aboard.
Well, if you are in dire need of fiber... Or if you like the taste of straw, the horse feed - both whole and crimped can be made into bread or cooked as cereal... How do I know? Yep I tried it... (Wife said - please don’t make that straw bread again...)
As much as I hate to admit it, she was right... But don’t tell her I said that...
The problem is that regular oats have a firmly attached hull that there doesn’t seem to be any way to remove without specially designed big multi-stage equipment. Once the hull or husk is removed you can make flour, roll, crimp, or cut and you have a pretty good hearty food. These are called oat groats.
The (as wneighbor calls them) nekkid :) oats separate from the hull when they are thrashed. (about 95%) and can be used just like the oat groats. They are also called hulless oats but nekkid sounds more interesting I guess.
To give you an idea of how much hull there is in a bushel of oats, you can put 30 pounds of regular oats in a bushel and you can put 50 pounds of the nekkid ones. - Hmmm maybe the 20 pounds of hulls would make it taste like straw. LOL
I have used both wheat and corn sold in feed stores to mill, but I do clean it thoroughly and then dry it before grinding.