What is White Hominy?!


Question: What is White Hominy!?
It looks like corn!. I know this might be a stupid question but my roommates and I really don't know, all we know is it is really good!.
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Answers:
Hominy is corn without the germ!.
http://www!.wisegeek!.com/what-is-hominy!.h!.!.!.

I cook Hominy on the stove in a pot with butter and red pepper flakes, and then add a dash of Louisiana Hotsauce!. Www@FoodAQ@Com

Hominy is dried corn that has been soaked in lye/alkaline solution, known as Nixtamalization!.

This soaking and cooking in lye removes the corn coating (hull) and the germ!.!.!. also, the process increases the nutritional content of the corn (now hominy)!.

Uses as food!.!.!.
In the South (USA), it's used as a breakfast cereal - Grits!.

Mexican cuisine!.!.!.
Pozole (soup)
Masa (ground up) to make tamales, tortillasWww@FoodAQ@Com

Corn that has been thru a process!. You can put it in taco soup!. My grandmother used to make it!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

It takes like grits or palenta!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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