Hominy

Hominy
A bowl of cooked hominy
Place of originMesoamerica
Region or stateAmericas
Ingredients generally usedDried maize (corn) kernels, water, alkali

Hominy is a food item produced from dried maize (corn) kernels that have been treated with an alkali, in a process called nixtamalization (nextamalli is the Nahuatl word for "hominy"). "Lye hominy" is a type of hominy made with lye.[1]

  1. ^ Fussell, Betty Harper (2004). The Story of Corn. University of New Mexico Press. p. 19. ISBN 9780826335920. Retrieved 25 July 2019.