mrs.puff
Lovin' The Homestead
Hey everybody-- I learned how to make my own hominy this winter, without using lye! I got the recipe from the Little House Cookbook.
Shell one dry ear of field corn, wash it off and pick out the floaties.
Place corn in a medium sized pot, with about 2 cups water, and 2 tsp of baking soda. Bring to a boil, then simmer for several hours til puffed up and the skin starts to come off. Water will turn orangy-yellow.
Drain off water, then place corn in fresh water. Rub skins off with hands under running water if you've got it, and pick off the hard "eyes". This takes a little while. Once you have it all cleaned off pretty well, then add fresh water and boil longer. Change water two or three times til it's no longer really yellow. Cook til hominy is as soft as you want it .
This is a good way to use some of that field corn that ends up leftover in so many farm fields. You can use what is called "squirrel corn" from the grocery store.
Shell one dry ear of field corn, wash it off and pick out the floaties.
Place corn in a medium sized pot, with about 2 cups water, and 2 tsp of baking soda. Bring to a boil, then simmer for several hours til puffed up and the skin starts to come off. Water will turn orangy-yellow.
Drain off water, then place corn in fresh water. Rub skins off with hands under running water if you've got it, and pick off the hard "eyes". This takes a little while. Once you have it all cleaned off pretty well, then add fresh water and boil longer. Change water two or three times til it's no longer really yellow. Cook til hominy is as soft as you want it .
This is a good way to use some of that field corn that ends up leftover in so many farm fields. You can use what is called "squirrel corn" from the grocery store.