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Fine Hominy

A simple boiled hominy dish seasoned with salt and served with butter or beefsteak gravy.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Fine Hominy

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a large pot, combine 1 teacup of fine hominy with 2 quarts of cold water.

  2. Bring to a boil, then turn off the heat and add 3 pints of fresh water and salt.

  3. Boil until thick like mush, stirring well.

  4. Serve hot with butter or beefsteak gravy.

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

Fine hominy
Its starch thickens as it cooks, turning the grain into a thick, mushy porridge.

“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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