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Boiled Hominy

Boiled hominy is a simple dish of soaked corn kernels simmered in salted water and served with milk or cream.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Boiled Hominy

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Soak the hominy for 3 hours.

  2. Drain the hominy and add enough boiling water to cover it.

  3. Add coarse sea salt to taste.

Cook and serve

  1. Cook for at least 3 hours.

  2. Serve with milk or cream.

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
Is the main ingredient, softening during soaking and long cooking to a tender texture.

“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.

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