boltonblue

I had Hominy some 20 years ago in Santa Fe and loved it but never knew what it was.
While eating at the hotel in Tuscon I discovered the appetizer soup was Pozole with hominy. easily is scored at
I'm told it is popular around Christmas in the southwest.
Basically a hearty pork stew with toasted chiles paste and hominy which is dried corn that's been treated to make the husks fall off.
served with fresh cilantro, chopped fresh onion and lime to juice and stir into the stew.
that description is utterly inadequate in describing the robust goodness.
I screwed up and only had a cup instead of a bowl.

tof

Not a fan of hominy down here where that's another name for grits. And unfortunately I am one of those people for whom cilantro tastes literally like soap.

As a result of these shortcomings and a dislike of mushrooms (for the most part) I know I miss out on a lot of good eating.

boltonblue

this was the whole kernel shell-less hominy not the little ground up grits.

MsPerky

My mother used to make hash and hominy when we were kids. Still have it occasionally.

boltonblue

everything is better with a picture

engifineer

I come from a southern family (GA and AL... grew up in OK) and I love grits...prepared the "correct" way (for those of us from the south), meaning thick, no sugar/cream, .. just butter, salt and pepper with some breakfast meat mixed in sometimes. But, I HATE hominy when cooked whole.

I have tried hominy many other ways, as half of my family is Seneca Cayuga and we have a good mix of native american food at many holidays, hominy being one of those things. I just for some reason cannot get myself to like it any other way than in grits! Which reminds me, I need to make some grits for breaksfast :P Have to make my own living here in the north now, since anywhere that actually has them makes them like runny sweet oatmeal ...

jukngene

Found a recipe that looks somewhat like yours. https://www.thespruceeats.com/posole...y-stew-2217534 Looks worth trying!

Morris

Speakingof southern food, what's up with restaurants pushing brussel sprouts all the time? I can't stand them, even wrapped in bacon. And you know everything's better in bacon! Not sprouts.

MsPerky

^ I made a Brussels sprouts salad for the +1's art class party the other night - sliced raw Brussels sprouts with walnuts, apples, dried cranberries, pecorino romano cheese, salt and pepper. Dressed with olive oil and lemon juice. Everyone loved it.

Morris

Good thing you didn't invite me, isn't it Deb? Walnuts is another food I never ever eat. Also turnip greens. I suppose that was your vegetable?