White hominy

[William]

How far back does dried hominy go and does anyone have a recipe for it?  The local Mexican grocery store has dried white hominy and maybe someday I will have the time to go trekking and rendezvous-ing so I'm thinking it would be a good meal starter on an overnight.

[cward]

i heard that hominy is a powatan word for prepared maize. the native americans soaked the corn in an ash solution. this made it so they could make a dough out of corn (just crushing the corn won't make a dough) and it kept the stored corn from sprouting. you can soak the hominy overnight and cook it in the morning or just add it to the pot. or grind it to make a flour.  or...... my favorite. deep fry in bacon or sausage fat, sprinkle on salt or what ever seasoning you want,(i prefer season and garlic salt) and you have your own corn nuts.  its bout as time period as you can get.

[Watauga]

This is a Good link on the hominy subject.

http://www.squidoo.com/homemade-hominy-how-to-and-history

[William]

I know that to make hominy that the corn is first soaked in lye or ash water but does that give it a peculiar taste?

Also, how does one go about grinding dried hominy in the field, or is it better to do that before leaving my 21st century lifestyle for the 18th century?

[cward]

grind it at home. otherwise .....find 2 rocks............. you know the rest.LOL

[Hawken50]

Thanks for that link Watauga. That was very interesting. The best articles i've ever seen on Native foods. It was cool finding ot how much of the foods i like were from Native dishes. 

[William]

Hey, I learned a lot from watching that video too and didn't realize that hominy is where grits are made from.  Very interesting about the lye making the corn more digestible and warding off pellagra.  I've got about 1/4 cup soaking in water right now and we'll see how it does for a little diversion in tomorrow's breakfast.

[William]

Hey, I learned a lot from watching that video too and didn't realize that hominy is where grits are made from.  Very interesting about the lye making the corn more digestible and warding off pellagra.  I've got about 1/4 cup soaking in water right now and we'll see how it does for a little diversion in tomorrow's breakfast.

Hey!  I dropped some of the hominy into some oil to cook and when it was golden brown took it out and added salt and garlic powder; delicious!  I can see this being a staple in my trekking/rendezvous box in the future.  Just to clarify, the hominy I bought is from Mexico and was probably prepared with lime, is dry in a bag and is really inexpensive.   All the recipes that I've seen so far call for canned hominy.

[beowulf]

I like to fry it up and then drop a couple of scrambled eggs into it , little salt and pepper ,  good eatin !

[Otter]

Hominy cooked with black eye peas and bacon or ham makes a good meal.

[DandJofAZ]

Hominy cooked with black eye peas and bacon or ham makes a good meal.

Sounds really good..must try...

Doug

[beowulf]

for something different use hominy instead of corn when making chicken corn soup !  I actually like better than the regular version !