September 2, 2021 - 11:19am
NY Bakers change: other sources for rye meal?
Hi!
With NY Bakers changing their business model, it looks like I'll loose my source for some flours. My main concern is the Bay State Fine Rye Meal. I tried googling it, but came up empty. Does anyone know who sells it? Or if there is anything similar to it? It's like a coarser, fluffier whole rye flour that I really like.
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https://www.bakersauthority.com/pages/search-results-page?q=rye
https://centralmilling.com/store/?s=rye
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https://www.clnf.org/search?q=rye)Update: https://countrylifefoods.com/pages/search-results-page?q=rye
King Arthur Baking also sells a pumpernickel flour, but I have never used it so I can't compare it with the Bay State Milling fine rye meal
https://shop.kingarthurbaking.com/items/organic-pumpernickel-flour-3-lb
I'm hoping that a source for small pack sizes of Bay State Milling rye products materializes because the coarse and medium rye meals are nearly impossible to find. Rye chops/steel-cut/cracked rye might be a substitute in desperation, but it just isn't the same.
@idaveindy—Has Country Life Natural Foods migrated to its new website (https://www.countrylifefoods.com)? I got an internal server error when I tried to use your link.
Apparently, we caught them in the middle of the switch-over. Thanks for the correction.
Here's their new search result page for rye:
https://countrylifefoods.com/pages/search-results-page?q=rye
All right! Thanks all for the tips but unfortunately I was not able to find another source of that Fine Rye Meal. However, I was able to come up with a facsimile that I think is very close to it, or even almost indistinguishable and I'm happy with that. So if anybody ever looks for it, I'm leaving this here:
I made a 50/50 mix of the following to end up with a very fine substitute for the Bay State Fine Rye Meal:
Whole grain rye flour form Farmer Ground Flour: source: Whole Foods
Rye meal pumpernickel flour from Ardent Mills: source: Baker's Authority
That seems like a good blend, congrats for finding something that works well for you. IIRC Janie's Mill offered a pumpernickel flour and before I started milling my own, I liked it quite a bit.
No more pumpernickel at Janie's Mill—just whole and light rye flour, flakes, cracked, and berries.
Oh, that's a bummer. Thanks. Is the light flour lighter than Central's medium (ash content, 1.15%)?
Just the opposite. The spec sheet I received lists ash content at 1.5%(!). I had make sure this was right and the head miller replied that their whole rye has a higher than average 2.0% ash.
O.K., good to know, thanks. Do you use it?