Pour the 8 cups of flour into large mixing bowl and make a well in the centre of the flour. Measure 214 cups water into saucepan and heat to lukewarm. Pour 14 cup into measuring cup. To test for lukewarm. Put a drop of the liquid on the inside of the wrist over heavy veins. If liquid feels neutral—neither warm nor cold—it is lukewarm. Make this test several times to be sure.