Lye Hominy

Ingredients

• Cover four quarts of strong wood ashes
• five or six ears of nice white corn

Method

1. 1

   Cover four quarts of strong wood ashes with water and boil fifteen minutes.

2. 2

   Add some cold water and let it settle.

3. 3

   Strain through cloth and bring to boil.

4. 4

   Put in this five or six ears of nice white corn, shelled, and boil about an hour until the hull can be washed off.

5. 5

   Set out doors overnight and freeze; put over slow fire in the morning and boil about eight hours, adding hot water as needed.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Monmouth Baptist ladies' cook book (1907) by Marian B. Sexton, page 32. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

LYE HOMINY. Mrs. L. M. Gates. Cover four quarts of strong wood ashes with water and boil fifteen minutes. Add some cold water and let it settle. Strain through cloth and bring to boil. Put in this five or six ears of nice white corn

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