hominies
hominies is the plural of hominy.
Meaning of hominy
Noun
hominy (usually uncountable, plural hominies)
- 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.
- Then his plate was put before him: hominy grits and a scrap of bacon. He wanted to cry, like a child: ‘But, Mama, it's my birthday!’1953, James Baldwin, “The Seventh Day”, in Go Tell It on the Mountain (Penguin Classics), London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- nixtamal
Questions about hominies
- What is hominies the plural of?
- Hominies is the plural of hominy.
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