lye hominy
- noun
- /laɪ ˈhɑːmɪni/
- Specialized
:
hominy de sosa
- My grandmother used to make lye hominy from scratch every winter.
Examples
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The recipe calls for a cup of cooked lye hominy as a side dish.
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Traditionally, lye hominy is served with butter and salt for breakfast.
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I made a delicious stew with lye hominy.
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Have you ever tried lye hominy in your recipes?
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My grandmother used to make lye hominy from scratch every winter.
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Traditionally, lye hominy is served with butter and salt for breakfast.
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The recipe calls for a cup of cooked lye hominy as a side dish.
Synonyms
2
8.7
Corn kernels with their outer layer removed and used in cooking, often for porridge or tortillas
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8.6
A boiled breakfast dish made from roughly ground corn, common in the southern United States
Small round pieces of corn made by grinding kernels, used for cooking
How Processed
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward compositional noun phrase where the modifier 'lye' specifies the treatment applied to 'hominy' (i.e., hominy soaked/processed with a lye solution). This follows common English patterns (ingredient/process + food item) so a B1 learner who knows both constituent words can reliably infer the meaning.
Etymology
The noun lye hominy comes from a traditional way of making hominy by soaking dried corn in a strong liquid called lye, which strips off the outer skins and softens the kernels. That's why lye hominy means hominy 'treated with lye' and has pale, tender kernels ready to cook and eat.