Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Hulled and dried kernels of corn, prepared as food by boiling.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Maize hulled and ground or broken more or less coarsely and prepared for food by being mixed with water and boiled.
Wiktionary
- n. Western Hemisphere A food made from hulled corn (maize) kernels soaked in lye water, rinsed, then cooked and eaten; or, the rinsed kernels are dried and coarsely ground into hominy grits.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. U.S. Maize hulled and broken, and prepared for food by being boiled in water.
WordNet 3.0
- n. hulled corn with the bran and germ removed
Etymologies
- First recorded in 1629. From Powhatan ("Virginia Algonquian"). Probably from uskatahomen, or from appuminnéonash ("parched corn"). Alternatively, perhaps a short form of rockahominy, from Powhatan rokohamin ("parched, ground corn"). (Wiktionary)
- Short for Virginia Algonquian uskatahomen. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Simmer for 3 hours, adding water if necessary to keep covered, or until the hominy is chewy tender.”
“April 10, 2006 at 09: 09 AM whoops, here is ma makes hominy from the chocolate lady.”
“Pozole, a rich soup based on pork and hominy is the “chicken-corn-soup” of Mexico and is on the menu of all cenadurias.”
The cuisine of Sinaloa: Cenadurias in Mazatlan serve caldo and conversation
“This will require less time if canned hominy is used.”
“If canned hominy is used, it should be added to the pot once the meat is tender.”
“Add the chile puree, marjoram, thyme and hominy and continue cooking until the hominy is tender.”
“If you didn't already know, hominy is that which is ground up and made into your breakfast grits or the masa for your tamales.”
“I understand that canned hominy is probably not the best way, so I'lll have to look into that too.”
“I was first looking to find what hominy is .... then I see it used with posole in Mexican recipes.”
“White posole is often called hominy, and can be found at most Giant Eagle supermarkets and at Reyna's in the Strip District.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘hominy’.
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Americanism
American words
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Open List: The World of Corn
Corn-related words and phrases. This versatile crop is so important to cultures and economies - from most basic indigenous foodstuff and animal feed to source of biopolymer and biofuel.
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From the Algonquin et al.
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Interesting Foods
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encyclopedia gustatorica
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A feast of words
words that make my mouth water (the items are rather tasty too)
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Food Words I Like
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foodie list
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Tweets
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Hominy boxes of cereal do you want? Dec 12, 2006