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Middlings   Listen
noun
Middlings  n. pl.  
1.
A combination of the coarser parts of ground wheat the finest bran, separated from the fine flour and coarse bran in bolting; formerly regarded as valuable only for feed; but now, after separation of the bran, used for making the best quality of flour. Middlings contain a large proportion of gluten.
2.
In the southern and western parts of the United States, the portion of the hog between the ham and the shoulder; bacon; called also middles.






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"Middlings" Quotes from Famous Books



... will be less liability of bowel disease; but the adult stock should have whole grains a portion of the time. By cooking the food, one is better enabled to feed a variety, as potatoes, turnips, beets, carrots and such like, can be utilized with advantage. All such material as bran, corn meal, middlings, or ground oats should at least be scalded, if not cooked, which renders it more digestible and more quickly beneficial. Where shells or lime are not within reach, a substitute may be had by stirring a spoonful of ground chalk in the food of every six hens; but gravel must be provided ...
— Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886 • Various



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