How to Make Hominy
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- Allen's Aunt Ginny shows us how to make hominy from dried corn, a little lye and a whole lot of stirring.
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I could sit down and listen to that woman talk all day. Preferably with a pen and pad so I don’t forget all the great life lessons! Thanks for the awesome video!
I made this with baking soda last year instead of lye and it turned out nicely. Just followed the directions. Love this woman. And I also could listen to her all day. Love how the Hispanics put hominy into their beef/vegetable soup. Delicious.
We are so glad you shared this video of your sweet Aunt Genny. Sending condolences to P. Allen Smith and his family
I just read your email @P.AllenSmith about Aunt Ginny passing recently. I'm so sorry for your loss. I'm so happy to see this episode is on video! I remember this episode and I laughed again when I heard her say You'd have to be stupid to stand out doing this if it wasn't better than store bought. LOL, she seemed to have such a wonderful spirit. I send my heartfelt condolences for your loss.
Listening to Aunt Ginny makes me wish I'd spent more time interacting with my grandmother when she cooked.
Thank you for sharing this special lesson on hominy with your Aunt Genny! My condolences on your loss, Sir, she was a lovely and sweet lady.
Thank you.
I had no idea the process of making hominy. Wonderful memories made with her. ❤️
Yes it was!
It’s crazy that this process travelled from southern Mexico all the way to places like Arkansas and has stayed relatively unchanged for thousands of years. 🤯
Yeah, it started in southern Mexico at least 10,000 years ago, and spread to the U.S. and even the Andes in South America, and we've been cultivating it ever since. There are numerous varieties we made out of it.
should have kept that BS in Mexico.
you seem to be under the impression that inventions are random artefacts of culture, the unique intellectual property of a lone inventor who's name deserves to be remembered in association with the invention until it is surpassed by some other random invention a few generations later.
in the real world, that is not how it works.
there is only one way to make hominy. and the reason to make it is that if you don't, and the majority of your diet is corn, you die a slow and painful death.
it's not crazy that it traveled. it's inevitable.
it is notable, however, that she's exaggerating the importance of some very specific things she personally does. for instance, you do not need to freeze the corn beforehand. and you do not need to use lye specifically. you need to dry the corn, and you need to cook it in an alkaline solution. lye is alkaline, but so is wood ash, bone ash, burnt eggshells, burnt clam shells, a piece of limestone, etc. so her fussiness over some things is actually just her being fussy, and probably actually not really understanding what is truly required to make hominy and what parts of her process are just ceremonial. and honestly, I'd recommend using anything I've listed other than lye, because lye is the most dangerous and the most expensive, and it doesn't really improve the end product compared to the alternatives.
for instance, wood ash is so safe that you can do the nixtamalization with wood ash at the point of cooking the end product. like for example, piki is made by mixing ground corn with wood ash and water into a batter, and then painting that onto a hot oiled stone. the corn flour is just corn flour, not hominy flour, it becomes hominy when sitting as the batter and cooking into bread. and the wood ash cannot be removed at that point, because it's now integrated into the bread. so when she talks about having to wash the lye out... that's an extra step she's having to do because she chose her alkaline material poorly.
@@sumdumbmick your comment is super insightful, I wish i could bookmark it
This took me back to my childhood. I remember my Grandma making hominy the same way with the cast iron kettle and all. So many years ago!
Showed my husband and he enjoyed it very much
Condolences on the loss of your aunt. So glad you made this video. ❤
Thank you
Aunt Genny was precious! She seemed like such a sweet person! Praying for you in your loss of your beautiful Aunt!
Thank you
She was a beautiful Lady, thank you Allen 4 sharing her with us, and sincere condolences 🙏 ❤
Thank you.
Sorry to learn of her passing.
But she will still be helping many through the ability to pass some knowledge through this video.
"Aunt Ginny" is just a beautiful soul !
I enjoyed hearing her talk,nothing but wisdom and honesty.
These recipes need to be saved wish I had watched my grandparents closer
Wow. Was looking up how hominy is made and realized we are in the same town! We moved here a few years ago. Also wanted to give you a very belated condolences for your loss. She was amazing! ❤❤♥️
This is a great video, your aunt Ginny is a jewel. It is so hard to find recipes, or people who know how to make things using the "old ways" for those of us who would like to make things at home instead of store bought. These important skills and information is being lost through the generations and this will help those of us that wish to keep them alive learn. Thank you!
The Native American and Mexican method was using Hardwood Ash (which is a source of lye). Baking soda, pickling lime, and CAL can be used too. This is Nixtamalization; and frees up Niacin and other vitamins. Allan's Aunt wants white corn (and in Mexico cuisine too) because it looks pretty and fancy, but there is 3x more protein in the yellow corn and up to 5x more protein in the dark red and blue heirloom corn varieties. Modern hybrid/gmo types have low protein like the all white corn.
Thanks for this tutorial. Never knew the work that went into making hominy.
We make hominy but we use Ash for the lye not the white powdered stuff. We have been making hominy many generations in my family!!! Yakoke!
what ratio of ash to water to corn do you use? Also do you guys rinse it 4 times with boiling water like this lady does? İn many other videos they just boil it 20 mins and let it sit overnight than rinse the corn with regular water until it runs clear. but this lady boils it 4 times.... this seems very complicated...
I appreciate your family, and your loses. I to have loved and lost. My heart feels your family's dynamic. 💓
I just picked my"White Hickory King" and plan on making my first ever batch of hominy before years end! Thanks for the video!
Wade
I've always wanted to learn how to make hominy. Thanks for sharing this video! And Kudos to Aunt Ginny! She reminds me of my favorite Aunt Faye.
Randy, if you use this recipe, you will be disappointed. I grew up in the Appalachian and you don't want to use Lye. The color will be a lot different, save the ashes out of your heater, fire place and put them in a cloth and tie them up and toss the bag in the wash pot,, other wise it will be pale, or light yellow.The ashes will give it that grey look that we grew up with - yes this one will take a lot more washing,
😼🙌🏽 Adding lime solución to Maize Being cooked is called nixtamal como king. It Was done by the Mexican native se since 500 BC. It majes Maize more eatable. 🌽🌽🌽🌽
You are smart and generous of spirit.
Smart because you did not put off making hominy and this video with your Aunt. Generous spirit for sharing her and this knowledge with all.
Thanks.
Just saw a big can of hominy and I was like wat is that🧐now I know and I’ll be having some😋
Love her crocheted hat and scarf! Thank you for this great video
This is great! Thank you for making!
My grandmother could make hominy. She ever made her own lye using wood ashes. Hominy goes great in chili.
I happened to come across this video looking for a posole recipe. This is a very interesting process(!). I would've never guessed such a long process. I'd love to know Aunt Ginny, she seems like a neat and interesting woman. I doubt I'll make this though! lol. I don't eat hominy much at all.
my mother in law makes it with lime ( Cal ) cooks it and soaks it overnight on the kitchen. (not sure that method is safe thought)
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You can keep the hominy but I love Aunt Ginny!
good video, shows the entire work involved
My grandmother use to cook this when I was a little girl.
We used ashes from the fireplace. Is this same as using lye? We would keep rinsing the corn until it was no longer gritty .
Sure makes you appreciate it even more. Thx.
You can buy food-grade Lye on the internet!!! :)
Local farm stores that sell canning supplies and Hispanic grocery stores also carry the Lime. Some call it CAL.
Lye not lime
Aye the video calls for Lye, However you can use Lime (not the fruit) to make Hominy :)
You need to package and ship. I need to make an order. The store bought kind is good but I bet it's nothing like homemade.
I love hominy. I’m 54 and grew up eating it. My wife is 34 so she never ate it but a couple times and doesn’t like it. Our son is 9 and won’t touch it. I’m gonna sneak a hominy pie in on them and they’ll never know the difference. 😂
Newada (hominy) is very healthy. All the nutrients are brought out from the process.
You can make lye from wood ashes.
Not really. Lye is sodium hydroxide. Wood ashes contain mostly potassium hydroxide.
I've always loved the size and texture of hominy corn but I think I've only eaten canned hominy. I wish I could try this corn!
i like the black specks . more Nutrients !
Upsets Airport Security too.
Hominy is yummy! I searched this because my Dad was telling me last night how he watched his granny make hominy with lye and hard corn. I really had no idea this is the process. Thanks ! :)
I was raised on hominy and pokesalad
What a cool video!
I just LOVE her
Excellent video! Thank you for sharing!
so, what was the quantity of lye added? two cap fulls? i bought HK white seed and will do this next year.
If you dont hav lye you can use hardwood ash.
This lady is nuts and I love her.
at the beginning i thought it was the footage from Interstellar 😂
Boil it then?
ohh ok i just realized now who you are , seen your show on the create tv ch
can u can homini to use later
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Native American food :)
The little black spots dont change the taste so get over your problem with them.
Larry Tischler
Presentation is important to many women.
@@rhapsodyman2000 It's how hominy is sold in stores, so I doubt it's about women's need for presentation and rather a need to follow commercial presentation, but go awf.
Tahtahme Xero ... so basically, you think I’m right?
How can this be healthy?
The lye is washed off and it actually makes the corn more nutritious...
Is this a joke? U didn't finish lol
Hominy is NOT a legitimate food. Its gross, it smells, and Frankly I refuse to eat it although I admire others that do. Some people love liver. Some people refuse to eat it . AYNTHING you must soak in Potasium Hydroxide, even sounds dangerous. My step mother used to make me eat this crap and I hated her for it. I refuse to eat anything else on my plate that has touched Hominy and my wife knows that cooking Hominy in the house will cause a divorce.
So...What is the one thing that you REFUSE to eat?
Go away
this kind of defeats the whole purpose of the "how to" part for me. If lye is so "hard to get"... how was it done in pre-Colombian Mexico? THAT'S what I'm actually curious about.