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Fine Hominy

Fine Hominy is a simple dish of hominy cooked with water, 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

Prepare

  1. Combine fine hominy and cold water in a pot.

  2. Bring to a boil.

  3. Turn off the heat.

  4. Add fresh water and salt.

Cook and serve

  1. Return to a boil.

  2. Cook until thick like mush, stirring well.

  3. Serve 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
Corn grits that swell and thicken into a mush as they cook.

“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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