Where are we all getting cornflour from now?

[Blainesmaries]

Now that tesco and asda are not stocking it, where are we all getting it from, sainsburys'?

Where I get my eggs, the black market.

Is that a thing? I've struggled to find it for ages but just thought it was me being unable to find it, or some local issue. That would explain it though !

How do you thicken sauces without it !?

I bought some from 'a cheap shop' so Home Bargains, B&M, Pound Land, somewhere like that, I can't remember, about 2 days before everyone started panicking because you could no longer get it in Tesco.

But according to www.trolley.co.uk/search/?from=search&q=cornflour

You can still buy it in M&S, Aldi, Sainsbury's, Waitrose, Co-op and Morrisons as well as the aforementioned un-named discount shop, so unless you can only shop in Tesco and/or Asda for some reason, it's not an issue is it?

I think people use normal flour and make a roux.

We use it more for making things with crispy coatings, like squid or tofu, or sweet and sour sauce, which wouldn't work with wheat flour.

It's probably also useful to people who avoid wheat.

Tesco do stock it though - I just bought some. My box before that was M&S and it was disgracefully out of date because I rarely have need for it

Ive struggled to find it for years! I just thought it was going out of fashion or something.

I got some from Sainsbury’s today

Back of the cupboard where it has been for far too many years

Waitrose still have it

I use it a lot as DD is gluten free. Will be a real pain if it vanishes completely.

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I saw some in B&M today. In Liskeard if that helps anyone.

I bought some on Lidl on Monday. I get through loads of it.

They sell it on Amazon if anyone’s struggling

Lidl sells it, I use quite a lot of cornflour and never had a problem getting it from lidls baking section.

I get mine from chinese supermarkets, cheaper and comes in bigger containers. You can also use potato starch to thicken sauces, although it creates a more jelly-like texture than cornflour.

Aldi sells it

Aldi and Morrisons sell it

Lidl had some last Friday, try there

I bought cornflour from aldis this morning.. I use it loads to thicken curry's, make battered chips. I thought tesco was just not selling it in one particular store

My local Aldi stopped selling it about 6 months ago (v annoying as we make a lot of homemade Chinese food) but they've recently restocked 🙌

I stockpiled two boxes the other day, after that thread! Got them from Aldi.

Baking Powder also seems to be a problem…. Admittedly only tried Ocado so far!

What about rice flour as an alternative? It's what I use to line bannetons when baking as the lack of gluten prevents the dough from sticking. A quick google suggests it can be an alternative for cornflour.

My Fishmonger stocks it.