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Ingredients
- 1 medium onion, chopped fine
- 1/2 c. brown sugar
- 2 Tbsp. butter
Method
- Shell and wash corn. For every cup of corn, use 1 level teaspoon of soda.
- Put corn and soda in a big kettle and cover with water.
- Boil slowly for 6 hours.
- Drain and cover with fresh cold water. The hulls of the corn may be rubbed off easily now between palms of hands.
- Boil for 45 minutes longer, changing the water 3 times.
- Season the last water with salt and it is ready to use. Some people add a little sugar or molasses to the last water. Twelve cups of corn will make 2 gallons of hominy and it may be cold packed for future use.
- Hominy is delicious served as a hot breakfast cereal with brown sugar and cream, as a side dish with meat or fried.
