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  • Rhode Island Monthly lists Gray’s Grist Mill as a local food lovers find

    Excerpts from WPRI ‘s “The Rhode Show” aired Wednesday June 6, 2012
    by Michaela JohnsonThe Rhode Show

    If you’ve ever wondered where to get the best that the area has to offer, you can find a few in this month’s Rhode Island Monthly. There’s plenty to choose from like Gray’s Grist Mill in Westport, Mass.
    “This mill is the oldest continuous mill in the country. It’s still going on after 365 years I guess,” said miller, Thornton Simmons.
    Their product can be used to make Johnny cakes, Indian pudding, biscuits, and granola bars. The corn is indigenous to the area and grown in Exeter. Simmons then packages the meal and sells to local markets and restaurants.
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  • Gray’s Grist Mill Welcomes Gray’s Daily Grind to Our Gift Shop

    We are very excited to be opening additional retail space that will include European style coffee, Espresso, Organic Teas and Fruit Smoothies.
    Gray's Grist Mill Products
    There will be an expanded retail space which will include your favorites – Gray’s Grist Mill Jonnycake Meal, Gray’s Grist Mill Waffle and Pancake Mix along with Rhode Island own Maple Syrup and Local Jams and Jellies.
    “Gray’s Daily Grind” will be a reflection of the history and the charm of our historic mill.
    We look forward to giving you more news on our Grand Opening!!

  • Discover Farmcoast

    Gray's Grist Mill Vintage Sign

    FOOD, CULTURE, ART, AND EVENTS OF FARMCOAST NEW ENGLAND
    Discover Farmcoast has a wonderful blog full of  interesting retailers, great lodging ideas and places to eat  along the Tiverton, Little Compton, Westport and Dartmouth coastline.

    http://farmcoast.com/blog/

    One of their recent blogs featured Gray’s Grist Mill. The blog entitled  ”Worth the Journey” has some beautiful descriptions and photos of our old mill.

    They write, “A fresh cup of coffee and hot breakfast, like most other things in New Enlgand, come with a long history, especially if your griddle-compainion of choice are jonnycakes….” to read more about the history of Gray’s Grist Mill and our authentic Jonnycake Meal go to: http://farmcoast.com/blog/2012/02/worth-the-journey/

     Thank you Farmcoast for your great article. 

  • Coming Soon!! Gray’s Daily Grind

    If you have traveled by Gray’s Grist Mill in the passed month you might have noticed a lot of activity at our mill.
    We are very excited to be opening additional retail space that will include European style coffee, Espresso, Organic Teas and Fruit Smoothies.
    We are also proud to be have a full line of freshly baked pastries, breads and sandwiches  from “The Pantry”.
    There will be an expanded retail space which will include your favorites – Gray’s Grist Mill Jonnycake Meal, Gray’s Grist Mill Waffle and Pancake Mix along with Rhode Island own Maple Syrup and Local Jams and Jellies.
    “Gray’s Daily Grind” will be a reflection of the history and the charm of our historic mill.
    We look forward to giving you more news on our Grand Opening!!

  • THANK YOU FOR YOUR TREMENDOUS RESPONSE!

    The “NBC SPECIAL” Is No Longer Available

    Hope you will browse our selection of other products from Gray’s Grist Mill.

  • Video of Today Show featuring Gray’s Grist Mill

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  • Today Show Selects “Miller’s Choice” Gift Box

    Kathleen Daelemans

    Kathleen Daelemans

    Gray’s Grist Mill has received communication from Kathleen Daelemans. She is one of the country’s “Top Ten Rising Star Chefs”. Chef Kathleen Daelemans’ recipes have been showcased in respected food and wine journals including Bon Appetit, Wine Spectator, Gourmet, Food & Wine, and Eating Well. She is also a frequent media expert on the well-known Today Show.
    Ms. Daelemans thinks,”The Miller’s Choice” Gift Box would be a wonderful selection for a special segment they are putting together to air Dec. 14th at 11:00 AM on the “Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kobe Show”. The Segment “Holiday Gift Idea” will feature last minute gift ideas for Christmas with Free Shipping.
    Our Special Shipping Offer will run Dec. 16th only and will be exclusive to the “NBC Today Show Exclusive Miller’s Choice Special Christmas Box” for $40.00. This is a wonderful opportunity for Gray’s Grist Mill to introduce our products to an audience of new Jonnycake Lovers. Already Kathleen Daelemans loves are products and hopes word will “spread like warm Maple Syrup on a plate of hot Johnnycakes!”
    Thank You

  • Gray’s Grist Mill Welcomes The Red Hats

    The Red Hat’s toured Gray’s Grist Mill in Westport, MA on November 16, 2011. 
    The Red Hats of Little Compton, RI started their day at the Barn Restaurant down the street from the mill where the enjoyed Gray’s Grist Mill Jonnycakes. After a delicious breakfast they arrived at the mill around 11:00am. Several of these hardy ladies walked over to the Mill from the restaurant for the tour. The Miller told of the history of the mill and explained the workings. After the tour and a visit to the gift shop many  of the ladies shared recipes and stories of the jonnycake tradition in their families.

  • Historic Johnny Cake Recipes

    In American Cookery by Amelia Simmons published in 1796, we found these very interesting recipes for making Indian Slapjacks, Johny Cakes of Hoe Cakes, better know to us at Gray’s Grist Milll as Johnnycakes.

    Jony Cake, or Hoe Cake
    Scald 1 pint of milk and put to 3 pints indian meal, and half pint flower – bake before the fire. Or scald with milk two thirds of the indian meal, or wet two thirds with boiling water, add salt, molasses and shortening, work up with cold water pretty stiff and bake as above.

    Indian Slapjack
    One quart of milk, 1 pint of indian meal, 4 eggs, 4 tablespoons of flour, little salt, beat together, baked on gridles, or fry in a dry pan, or baked in a pan which has been rub’d with suet, lard or butter.

    These recipes come directly form the cookbook spelling included. American Cookery, written by Amelia Simmons, was the first known American cookbook that was written by an American for the American market.

     

  • Jonny Cakes & Cranberries with Lynn Crawford


    Last year Lynn Crawford, Canada’s Top Female Chef, visited us at Gray’s Grist Mill to cook with the miller, Thornton Simmons, and create a special brunch recipe which featured the Miller’s Jonnycakes.

    Lynn’s philosophy is that delicious meal requires passion and quality ingredients. To have one without the other would seem unnatural and would go against everything that Lynn Crawford stands for. Having made countless visits to the local farmers’ market, she has built an appreciation for the difference that fresh makes and incorporates these values into her work in the kitchen.

    Maintaining a philosophy that food needs to be celebrated and shared with family and friends, Lynn believes that food is not something that should be kept to oneself but shared amongst many as a means of providing a sense of enjoyment.

    We at Gray’s Grist Mill were proud that she  choose Gray’s Grist Mill White Flint Corn Meal to showcase her delicious  johnny cake and cranberries recipe.

    Gray’s Grist Mill is happy to be able to share this  episode with you on November 17th on the Cooking Channel. Check local listing for time.