Name: Hominy, Plain
Ingredients: Hominy; Water; 1 lb. salt; 1 oz. ground white pepper

Hominy, Plain

Ingredients

Hominy
Water
1 lb. salt
1 oz. ground white pepper

Directions

Treat and cook the hominy as for Hominy with Tomato Sauce, using just enough water to cover it.
Stir frequently while cooking until the hominy is soft and the water has a creamy consistency.
Add 1 lb. of salt and 1 oz. of ground white pepper.
Place in cans while hot, seal, and process as directed for canning.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Hominy: Forms the main body of the dish; softens during cooking to a tender texture.
Ground white pepper: Adds a mild, sharp aroma and warmth to the finished hominy.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.