hominy

Example Sentences

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The story is after all set in the fictional Cob County, where the locals, long isolated from the rest of the world by a wall of “cornrows,” live in the perfect “hominy” of entrenched dopiness.

From New York Times

The savory, rich stock teems with fatty hunks of pork shoulder and buttery white hominy beneath a slick of oil stained red from dried chiles.

From Salon

The key here is the interplay between the broth and the hominy and pieces of fork-tender pork submerged in the liquid.

From Washington Post

"The chemical process by which corn was transformed into hominy is called nixtamal. So the word 'tamal' is in the word for that process."

From Salon

Some foods are important for Eastern Shoshone feasts and ceremonies, such as buffalo, deer, elk, hominy, salmon and squash.

From Seattle Times