Eine Familie im Dorf Alacahöyük stellt gemahlene Grütze her: Sieben und Reinigen der Körner auf dem Dreschplatz, Waschen am Dorfbrunnen, Kochen im Hof in einem Kupferkessel, Trocknen, Befreien von den Kornhülsen in der Bulgurmühle am Dorfplatz, Trocknen, Worfeln, Reinigen, Mahlen in der Handmühle.

Cooked wheat groats (bulgur) and bread are the staple food of the population of the Anatolian cereal-producing areas. The complex and time-consuming preparation of groats is shown in this film: winnowed wheat is thoroughly sieved and cleaned on the threashing floor and washed in the village fountain. After it has been dried in the sun, it is freed from its husks on a special "mill" with a vertical grind-stone. Back at the farm the wheat is cooked in large copper kettles and again dried in the sun. After a thorough winnowing it is sorted on a wooden table and ground or rather cracked on a handmill before being cooked a final time.