Looking for White Lily Flour in Seattle area

[eatrustic]

The famous biscuit making flour from the South, is it readily available in the greater Seattle area?
Thanks.

[RandyB]

The company was bought out and production moved. Some say the product is different and a friend of mine says it definitely is not as good for biscuits.

Here's a discussion of this:
http://www.americastestkitchen.com/ib...

[Ogawak]

Yes, White Lily was bought by Smuckers, which already owns WL's chief rival, Martha White. The wheat grown in the south for WL has less protein and therefore lighter, making it ideal for biscuits. Smuckers has moved the entire WL operation to the midwest and is trying to make everyone believe the flour is still the same, using northern wheat. Taste tests have proven differently.

I've never tried Martha White, but it seems to be the best alternative left. Both flours can be ordered online.

[paulj]

So you don't believe the claims on this WL page:
http://www.whitelily.com/media/note_to_consumers.aspx

So they moved the milling from Tennessee to Ohio (or some place like that)? Where did the wheat come from when the mill was in Tennessee?

How about using cake flour if you need lower protein?

More on biscuits, including the choice of flour, here:
http://www.baking911.com/quikbrds/bis...

[vagabundo]

I order it from the Smucker's site acouple of times a year- I get the White Lily AP flour and 4- 5 pound bags with shipping comes to 28 bucks... I think that is a pretty good price per pound. Grew up with it, and do enjoy it for baked goods.

[kivarita]

I've seen it off and on at Grocery Outlet (usually in Lynnwood) -- both the unbleached self-rising and the bleached all-purpose. GO also has White Lily quick grits and cornmeal fairly often.

[paulj]

I've seen the WL cornbread mix at GO, but not the flour (in the past half year).

[eatrustic]

I tried a ton of places but came up empty when I was there last week. I know that Williams Sonoma carried it at one point but I don't think they do anymore.
I'll have to try and reverse engineer it I guess!