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lye hominy — noun hominy prepared by bleaching in lye • Hypernyms: ↑hominy * * * noun : hominy prepared from kernals of grain that have been soaked in lye to remove the hulls … Useful english dictionary
lye hominy. — See under hominy. [1815 25, Amer.] … Useful english dictionary
hominy — /hom euh nee/, n. whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy) or by crushing and sifting (pearl hominy). [1620 30, Amer.; < Virginia Algonquian (E sp.)… … Universalium
Lye — is a corrosive alkaline substance, commonly, sodium hydroxide (NaOH). Previously, lye was among the many different alkalis leached from hardwood ashes. [McDaniel, Robert (1997).] In modern day, lye is commercially manufactured using a membrane… … Wikipedia
Hominy — Dried maize mote, also known as hominy, that is used in Southern and Mexican cuisine Hominy or nixtamal is dried maize kernels which have been treated with an alkali in a process called nixtamalization. The English term hominy is derived from the … Wikipedia
hominy — noun 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 … Wiktionary
hominy — noun Etymology: Virginia Algonquian homen, literally, that treated (in the way specified) Date: 1629 kernels of corn that have been soaked in a caustic solution (as of lye) and then washed to remove the hulls … New Collegiate Dictionary
hom|i|ny — «HOM uh nee», noun. hulled corn, often crushed or coarsely ground, or soaked whole in a weak solution of lye. Hominy is eaten boiled. ╂[American English, probably short for earlier rockahominy < Algonkian (Powhatan) rokēham parched corn] … Useful english dictionary
Sodium hydroxide — Sodium hydroxide … Wikipedia
Lutefisk — (lutfisk) (pronounced|lʉːtəfɪsk in Southern Norway, IPA| [lʉːtfɪsk] in Central and Northern Norway, Sweden and the Swedish speaking areas in Finland ( lipeäkala in Finnish)) is a traditional dish of the Nordic countries made from stockfish (air… … Wikipedia
