Jellymoon
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Erm, can I eat it?! I like it on my cereal and it has many health benefits, but is the horse grade one actually any different from the human one, apart from being much cheaper?!
The micronised linseed for horses is not just ground up. Depending on the manufacturer it is cooked in some way, Charnwood use a trademarked infrared process (Micronized®) others like marriages cook at 120°. It's them ground after. It has a shelf life much longer than a week!I micronise whole linseed myself. It goes rancid within a week of being micronised..(even the stuff you buy ready milled)so you would essentially pay fortunes to feed a lower value/efficiency. It just goes in a bur mill till just before it starts to cake. A cheap coffee grinder works, but the blades blunt easily
PC had a visit to D&H and the smell of the cereal being flash cooked was lovely.The micronised linseed for horses is not just ground up. Depending on the manufacturer it is cooked in some way, Charnwood use a trademarked infrared process (Micronized®) others like marriages cook at 120°. It's them ground after. It has a shelf life much longer than a week!
Agree squished bits of corn and peas covered in molasses is not all that!I remember doing dares to eat horse feed as a kid. I can tell you that "sweet feed" is defo not sweet. I suspect you could eat it...
Yep....same here, we used to eat horse feed because it was....fun? It seemed fun at the time, anyway.....No idea to be honest, but what's to hurt? As kids we used to eat boiled barley and boiled linseed on a cold day and none of us died from it.
Sugar beet was very disappointing. I can only assume that our riding instructor didn't feed her ponies the molassed stuff.Sugar beet wasn't very nice I recall.
Well, there you go then, I shall tuck in and see what happens! I wonder if I’ll get a bit chubby and glossy!
That made me laughWell, there you go then, I shall tuck in and see what happens! I wonder if I’ll get a bit chubby and glossy!
You are clearly much younger than I am. (So are most folks now LOL !! What was Dawson's Creek?) There weren't molassed feeds as such back then. Not that I recall anyway. Molasses was only given as an extra for poorly horses. Yes it was a good way to grow up. Dirty, smelly, eating questionable stuff, drinking direct from the hosepipe and as fit as fleas!!Sugar beet was very disappointing. I can only assume that our riding instructor didn't feed her ponies the molassed stuff.
ETA We really were living our best lives weren't we....while our peers spent the weekend catching up on Dawson's Creek or whatever. Must be why we've clearly all grown into such well balanced and rational individuals
We called them locust beans. I've only just realised they are the same as carob.The local feed merchants used to make up their own mix called Hunters mix. It was high energy/calorie and I think molassed. That had milk pellets and bits of what I think were carob beans which tasted quite nice so we used to pick them out.
I was probably a few years too old for Dawson's Creek but still watched it in my early twenties! It was great hangover TV on a Sunday morning.You are clearly much younger than I am. (So are most folks now LOL !! What was Dawson's Creek?) There weren't molassed feeds as such back then. Not that I recall anyway. Molasses was only given as an extra for poorly horses. Yes it was a good way to grow up. Dirty, smelly, eating questionable stuff, drinking direct from the hosepipe and as fit as fleas!!
Yes that's what they were listed as on the bag. They tasted sweet, almost like dates.We called them locust beans. I've only just realised they are the same as carob.
I used to eat them too.Yes that's what they were listed as on the bag. They tasted sweet, almost like dates.