Hominy

For other uses, see Hominy (disambiguation).
Hominy
A bowl of cooked hominy
Place of originMesoamerica
Region or stateAmericas
Ingredients generally usedDried maize (corn) kernels, water, alkali

Hominy is a Mesoamerican 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. The word "hominy" comes from the Powhatan -homen, literally, "that treated (in the way specified)."

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