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Region or state. Americas. Ingredients generally used. Dried maize (corn) kernels, water, alkali. Hominy is a food item produced from dried maize (corn) kernels that have been treated with an alkali, in a process called nixtamalization (nextamalli is the Nahuatl word for "hominy"). "Lye hominy" is a type of hominy made with lye.
An 1836 lithograph of tortilla production in rural Mexico Bowl of hominy (nixtamalized corn kernels). Nixtamalization (/ ˌ n ɪ k s t ə m ə l ɪ ˈ z eɪ ʃ ən /) is a process for the preparation of maize, or other grain, in which the grain is soaked and cooked in an alkaline solution, usually limewater (but sometimes aqueous alkali metal carbonates), [1] washed, and then hulled.
White hominy maize. Variations. Salt, pork. Pashofa, or pishofa, is a Chickasaw and Choctaw soupy dish made from cracked white corn, also known as pearl hominy. [1] The dish is one of the most important to the Chickasaw people and has been served at ceremonial and social events for centuries. Pashofa is also used in specific healing ceremonies.
Strain the corn broth through a sieve into a large bowl; discard the cobs. In a large saucepan, melt the butter. Add the onion and cook over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally, until ...
Place the cobs into the cream and simmer until reduced by one-fourth, about 30 minutes. Remove the cobs and add the corn kernels. Cook for 4 minutes. Melt the butter in a small skillet over medium ...
Corncob. For the culinary term, see Corn on the cob. A cross-section of an ear of corn, showing the cob. A corncob also called corn cob or cob of corn, is the hard core of an ear of maize, bearing the kernels, made up of the chaff, woody ring, and pith. Corncobs contain mainly cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. [ 1 ]
A bottle of hickory liquid smoke sauce. Liquid smoke is a water-soluble yellow to red liquid [1] used as a flavoring as a substitute for cooking with wood smoke while retaining a similar flavor. It can be used to flavor any meat or vegetable. It is available as pure condensed smoke from various types of wood, and as derivative formulas ...
Cowboy Caviar. Despite the name, Cowboy Caviar requires nary a fish egg. In the early 1940s, a New York chef named Helen Corbitt created this hearty appetizer for a New Year's Eve party in Texas.