The Off

There's no takeout in the middle of the woods.

Lehman's opened in 1955 as a hardware store in Kidron, Ohio, selling equipment to northeast Ohio's Amish community. Today, Lehman's has expanded to sell products through, uncharacteristically, the internet. Here are a few to pick up for your off-grid kitchen.

Diamant Grain Mill

A cast-iron flywheel turns iron and steel burrs to grind grains into flour or cereal. Use with the corn sheller to make cornmeal. $1,000

Cast-Iron Corn Sheller

Use this to remove the kernels from dried corn so they can be fed to livestock. You can use the cobs as firewood (firecorn?). $299

Oven/Sun Food-Drying Rack

These solid oak and fiberglass drying screens separate fruit and vegetable slices so they (the slices) can be dried. $90

Starter Fruit Press

Not only will it instantly turn any kitchen table into a tableau of American farmhouse charm, it can press eight quarts of soft fruits, such as grapes, into juice. $200

This story appears in the February 2017 issue of Popular Mechanics.

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