Water Ground Corn Meal
Bob Becker
wall trying to find Coarse White Water
Ground Corn Meal.
I'm out in the middle of nowhere in Maine,
and I can't find any locally or on the net.
Does anyone know of a source for this on
the net or via mail order?
Thanks for any help.
--
Bob Becker and Deb James
bob...@becker.org
Somewhere in the Maine woods
www.becker.org
The Old Bear
Bob:
This lead comes from Texas A&M's "agrinet" directory of Texas agriculture:
Lamb's Grist Mill
Route 1, Box 66
Hillsboro, TX 76645
Contact: Ms. Louise Lamb
Telephone: (817) 582-2405
Brands: Lamb's Stone Ground Meal
Products: Yellow Corn Meal and White Corn Meal
I don't know if they have what you want, but they sound like they might
be close enough to the milling process to help.
Keep in mind that "water ground" and "stone ground" generally are used to
mean the same thing:
CORNMEAL
Dried corn kernels that have been ground in one of three textures:
fine, medium or coarse. There are two methods of grinding. The
old-fashioned water-ground (also called stone-ground) method is so
named because water power is used to turn the mill wheels. It
retains some of the hull and germ of the corn. Because of the fat
in the germ, water-ground cornmeal is more nutritious, but won't
keep as long and should be stored (up to 4 months) in the
refrigerator. Water-ground cornmeal is available at health-food
stores and some supermarkets. The newer style of milling is done
by huge steel rollers that remove the husk and germ almost
completely. The product can be stored almost indefinitely in an
airtight container in a cool, dry place. Water-ground or
stone-ground cornmeal is usually so labeled; steel-ground cornmeal
rarely carries any designation on the package.
excerpted from:
The Food Lover's Companion
by Sharon Tyler Herbst
Looking for someplace in your area that has organic foods, I located:
Morning Glory Natural Foods (Susan Tarpinian)
64 Maine St
Brunswick
207 729-0546
They describe themselves as stocking "Fresh organic produce and dairy
products including Bulk flower, grains and nuts." They probably carry
stone ground corn meal, but it might be yellow cornmeal because of
the regional preferences of New Englanders.
Hope this is of some help.
Cheers,
The Old Bear
Curt Gates
Becker" <b...@becker.org> wrote:
> I've been bashing my head against the
> wall trying to find Coarse White Water
> Ground Corn Meal.
What you could do is put some kernels of corn on the floor and bash your
head on that :-) Perhaps to end your headache:
Kenyon's mill in Rhode Island makes a traditional Rhode Island johnny cake
meal, and I think they still use that special white "flint" corn grown
locally -- mainly for that purpose. The meal is not real coarse, if that's
a requirement. They are keeping an old Rhode Island traditional alive by
providing the meal and the instructions for making the johnny cakes. Makes
you hope that there will always be enough interest so that somebody will
keep that particular variety of corn available. Now if you can get some
fresh codfish.......or lobster.....
Their site is:
http://www.kenyonsgristmill.com/products.html
Wayne Adair
I'm not sure what you mean by water ground. I found a site on the web
and ordered 5 pounds each of water powered, stone ground, whole
cornmeal. If this looks like what you are looking for try this url:
http://www.buttecreekmill.com/right.html
My order should arrive by Friday. I am eager to make a pan of cornbread
with the white and yellow meal and see if there is a big taste
difference.
Wayne
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> I've been bashing my head against the
> wall trying to find Coarse White Water
> Ground Corn Meal.
> I'm out in the middle of nowhere in Maine,
> and I can't find any locally or on the net.
> Does anyone know of a source for this on
> the net or via mail order?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
>
Try
http://www.cottonman.com/default.htm
Gene
