boiling linseed??

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i am currently boiling up some linseed, show season coming up soon and want neds to look good - i am NOT paying £30 a sack for outshine, with 3 neds i would get through a bag in about 10 days.......so i have so far burnt a saucepan, spilt a load of the stuff on the floor, it has boiled over......
what i want to know is, could i do it overnight in a slow cooker????
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I used to use the powdered linseed that you can get from Simple Systems and that worked, it gave them a beautifuly soft coat as well.
 
I wouldn't dare do it as I would be sacred of giving mine cyanide poisoning. I get mine from work which is pre cooked linseed meal for 15 pounds a 20kg sack. I give him a large coffee mug as recommended by the nutritionist and he looks lush even now unclipped.
 
Hi, I bought a slow cooker to do my linseed in. I soak in in cold water overnight then flick it on in the morning and it gently bubbles away until evening feed time.
It only cost a tenner from Argos and my hubby say's it doesn't use much electric.
I found the Simple System cooked linseed too expensive for my lot - £42 for 20kg cooked compared with £11 for 25kg uncooked.
 
thanks! that's what i thought
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the price of pre-cooked linseed meal is getting more and more expensive, i get 25 kg bags of raw linseed for £12 compared to £27.50 for cooked, and like you say a slow cooker doesn't use much electric, i bet there's more goodness in fresh cooked stuff as well!!
 
Not in the microwave - think of the mess if it boiled over, plus I do not think it would be safe to feed to horses.

Not 100% sure of the details - but I know raw linseed has to BOIL to get rid of the toxins, so a long slow cook is required.

I expect the details are in the Manual of Horsemanship.
 
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Not in the microwave - think of the mess if it boiled over, plus I do not think it would be safe to feed to horses.

Not 100% sure of the details - but I know raw linseed has to BOIL to get rid of the toxins, so a long slow cook is required.

I expect the details are in the Manual of Horsemanship.

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If you have got a proper size bowl and check in 10 mins into it , it does not boil over .

And I have fed it to my yearling all of last year and
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Its Fine to feed microwaved .
 
Depends on the size of the bowl you are using ( boiling over )

I normally go for 2 cups of linseed and fill the bowl until it is well submerged in water , your linseed should normally fall to the bottom anyways , you can never use too much water .

The wattage of my microwave is 800 , normally put it in for 20 to 25 mins , you will know when it turns to jelly and slimey .

Check on it every 10 to 12 mins .

I normally do half a bucket full and feed it 3 times a week .
 
I used to do mine in an old Burco boiler, out in the tack room, with the heat turned right down. Stir it regularly and keep it just simmering. It'll be too gluey to run through the tap but you can always scoop it out from the top with a jug. You can also add whole barley for good measure. Smells lovely.
 
We used to boil it on the Aga along with whole barley. I like the idea of the slow cooker though. Dont think I could bring myself to use the microwave as i thought it had to bubble for a few hours to get rid of the toxins too!!! I'm not saying I'm right but old habits die hard!!!

My old boy would love to have linseed again!
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If you just want shine and condition, the cheapest and most convenient option is just to feed straight oil. It is the oil in linseed which helps put on weight and make the coat shiny.
 
tried that already - this filly is seriously skanky, has had skin scrapes, deficiency tests etc, so this is a last ditch attempt, to get this pony looking right........
 
I tried the linseed oil and it didn't seem to do nearly as much good as the linseed.

Re Barley - I once had some boiling on the Rayburn and my husband came in and thought it was for his dinner!

(I was into wholefood cooking at the time)
 
I put boiling water on my linseed and leave it to 'steam' itself over night in a tupperware.................................hasnt killed my horse yet and he is 30
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