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UPDATE.....☹......Hominy recipe

LdyBugz — Sat, 07 Oct 2023 22:26:55 GMT

Well, I was anxious to try hominy and this recipe. I decided to try it today. All I can say is that I'm glad I only ordered 4 cans of hominy.

This was a total bust for me. I don't know if it was the recipe or if hominy is an "acquired taste", but I won't make this again. I just did not like it. To me the hominy tastes like musty mush with a hint of corn favor. 😝😩😕

On the bright side, I can say I tried something new and I have 2 cans of hominy that I will donate to the town food pantry.

@ALRATIBA. I looked for more recipes to use with all that hominy we ordered. 😀 I thought this one looked good as a side dish.

Re: Hominy recipe

ALRATIBA — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 14:49:38 GMT

@LdyBugz

That sounds delicious! Thanks!

@LdyBugz wrote:
@ALRATIBA. I looked for more recipes to use with all that hominy we ordered. 😀 I thought this one looked good as a side dish.

Re: Hominy recipe

RedTop — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 00:14:36 GMT

After most of the garden produce had been canned or frozen, hominy was the last thing my farm Grandma canned for winter.

She would count the empty canning jars and tell Grandpa how many bushels of feed corn to pull. It took hours for us to shell that corn and my thumbs would be so sore and stained from the process.

I'd been taught from an early age never to touch the can of lye, as it was poison, but once the corn was shelled, Grandma put it into the crock to soak in lye water to start turning it into hominy.

Re: Hominy recipe

Kachina624 — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 16:43:41 GMT

@RedTop. I think they no longer use lye in the process. I never ate any homemade hominy.

That recipe sounds good but I'd use something other than Cajun seasoning.

Re: Hominy recipe

DrakesMomma — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 16:57:40 GMT

My Daddy only ever fried it in bacon grease and added pepper. If there was any left the next morning he would warm it up and put a fried egg on top. I was walking in high cotton and didn't even know.

Re: Hominy recipe

RedTop — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 18:26:16 GMT

@Kachina624

Lime is most likely the active agent used now in turning that field corn into hominy.

Re: Hominy recipe

Kachina624 — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 18:30:02 GMT

@RedTop. I read that food-grade lye is virtually non-available nowadays and very expensive.

Re: Hominy recipe

LdyBugz — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 00:07:54 GMT

@RedTop I looked up info on hominy last night to learn more about it and did read on one of the sites that lime is used, the mineral, not the fruit.

Your story about shelling the hominy is so interesting!

Re: Hominy recipe

dancingwoman — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 02:11:33 GMT

@RedTop Yep that's what the frozen package from Bueno in my freezer says...corn...water and lime...DW..

Re: Hominy recipe

SoCal Bred — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 11:24:11 GMT

This is what is available at our local grocery stores, I like to add to soups, I rinse it out first before using.

Re: Hominy recipe

Zhills — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 00:45:03 GMT

We always just rinsed and drained it good. Fried until lightly brown in bacon grease or butter. Used as a side dish like rice or potatoes.

Re: Hominy recipe

RedTop — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 17:55:12 GMT

@Zhills

My favorite way to eat hominy was when Grandma drained and fried it with cut up bacon, ham, or sausage, onions and peppers. We had eggs and biscuits with it for breakfast, or beans and cornbread for supper. I haven't bought any for years tho, as I doubt my family would like it.

Re: Hominy recipe

Zhills — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 21:03:10 GMT

We ate it with meat but not the onions and peppers. I don't remember eating them....Daddy must not have liked them!

Fished a lot and ate fresh water fish mostly.

Ate lots of big dried limas, cornbread and chocolate cake!

@RedTop I always enjoy the foods you post!

Re: Hominy recipe

RedTop — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 21:36:25 GMT

Thank you @Zhills!

Re: Hominy recipe

tiny 2 — Sat, 07 Oct 2023 00:23:55 GMT

@Zhills wrote:
We ate it with meat but not the onions and peppers. I don't remember eating them....Daddy must not have liked them!

Fished a lot and ate fresh water fish mostly.

Ate lots of big dried limas, cornbread and chocolate cake!

@RedTop I always enjoy the foods you post!

@Zhills,

I just bought some big dried limas a couple of days ago. It is something
I crave when the weather gets cool.

Re: Hominy recipe

Zhills — Sat, 07 Oct 2023 00:25:47 GMT

I can't eat them now, too much fiber, but I have eaten my share and then some! Love them with fresh onion and cornbread! Enjoy.