White Cornmeal in Boston?(Not $8 lb.)

[opinionatedchef]

I've used up my suppply and don't want the Anson Mills or Grey's Mill $8 lb expense for the hushpuppies I'm doing (love AM for grits/polenta). WF doesn't have, even Red's. In the South you can regularly find white Indian Head in supermarkets; Mkt Basket has that brand but in yellow cornmeal. Anyone seen (lower priced) white cornmeal nearby , hopefully stoneground? Thx much.

[Chocomom]

I actually have a bag of Indian Head white cornmeal & picked it up a couple of weeks ago at Stop & Shop in Braintree so you might give them a call. They had both side by side.

[porcospino]

If you can wait until next Saturday, Mainstone Farm (Wayland) will be at the Wayland Winter Farmer's Mkt and they sell 2 lb bags of white cornmeal, stoneground on the farm, for $7. It is delicious -- have made spoon bread with it, and it's excellent. Tomorrow morning, it's Johnnycakes.

[grant.cook]

Are you near Rhode Island? A lot of places carry Kenyon's.. maybe Dave's in the Blackstone Valley area?

[Karl S]

Kenyon's the most likely option, indeed; even 10 or so years ago, I could get it at S&S locally in the Boston area, but manaical inventory control has meant that it's more likely to be found only as you get closer to the heartland of the RI jonnycake. Kenyon's is generally not flint corn (unlike the more artisinal Carpenter's and Gray's grist mills, which form the other points of the jonnycake grist mill triangle), which means it's probably better for the OP's purposes, as flint corn has a very distinctive color/texture/flavor profile he might not prefer for that us (but would be perfect, of course, for jonnycakes).

Otherwise, Quaker is probably the only other option....

Kenyon's, btw, is most affordably purchased if you are passing through southern RI by going to the mill when it's opened; the little shop is across from the mill, and you might have to wait for someone to see you waiting for them to come and open it up. Buy it in 5lb box and freeze it....