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[[Image:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|300px|thumb|right|A bowl of hominy]] | [[Image:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|300px|thumb|right|A bowl of hominy]] | ||
'''Hominy''' or '''nixtamal''' is dried [[maize (corn)]] kernels which have been treated with an [[alkali]]. | '''Hominy''' or '''nixtamal''' is dried [[maize (corn)]] kernels which have been treated with an [[alkali]]. | ||
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Commercially available canned hominy may have a slightly stronger scent when compared to the traditional preparation. | Commercially available canned hominy may have a slightly stronger scent when compared to the traditional preparation. | ||
The earliest known usage of nixtamalization was in what is present-day Guatemala around | The earliest known usage of nixtamalization was in what is present-day Guatemala around 1500 - 1200 BC. It affords several significant nutritional advantages over untreated maize products. It converts some of the niacin (and possibly other B vitamins) into a form more absorbable by the body, improves the availability of the amino acids, and (at least in the lime-treated variant) supplements the calcium content, balancing maize's comparative excess of phosphorus. | ||
Some recipes using hominy include menudo (a spicy [[tripe]] and hominy soup), [[Pozole recipe|pozole stew]] (a stew of hominy and [[pork]], [[chicken]], or other meat), hominy bread, hominy chili, casseroles and fried dishes. Hominy can be ground coarsely to make hominy grits, or into a fine mash (dough) to make [[masa]], the dough used to make [[tamales]]. | Some recipes using hominy include menudo (a spicy [[tripe]] and hominy soup), [[Pozole recipe|pozole stew]] (a stew of hominy and [[pork]], [[chicken]], or other meat), hominy bread, hominy chili, casseroles and fried dishes. Hominy can be ground coarsely to make hominy grits, or into a fine mash (dough) to make [[masa]], the dough used to make [[tamales]]. | ||
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The [[Cool Chile Co]] sell dried hominy as '''pozole'''. It's about half-way down on their [http://www.coolchile.co.uk/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=1&Category_Code=D4 corn products page]. | The [[Cool Chile Co]] sell dried hominy as '''pozole'''. It's about half-way down on their [http://www.coolchile.co.uk/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=1&Category_Code=D4 corn products page]. | ||
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