# Golden Hominey?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 8, 2004, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-hominey/273729 "2004-11-08T22:04:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jeffro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jeffro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeffro)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-hominey/273729/1 "2004-11-08T22:04:45Z")
I went to the store to buy a can of corn and by mistake bought a can of somthing called Golden Hominey. What is this exactly? Please tell me its not like creamed corn. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-hominey/273729/2 "2004-11-08T22:12:52Z")
Grits! They’re mainly a Southern food. They’re good with traditional breakfast foods and some kinds of meat. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-hominey/273729/3 "2004-11-08T22:13:26Z")
Hominy is dried corn kernels from which the hull and germ have been removed, usually by boiling in lime. The kernels are swollen like popcorn and have a soft, chewy consistency. Gound hominy is called grits. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-hominey/273729/4 "2004-11-08T22:14:28Z")
GRound hominy, dammit. Ain’t grits unless it’s ground. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-hominey/273729/5 "2004-11-08T22:15:02Z")
You can use in in soups and stews, similarly to the way you might use beans or barley. ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-hominey/273729/6 "2004-11-08T22:30:50Z")
And hominy comes in white and golden. Perfectly good as a side dish, perhaps with some bacon or ham in it. You’ll want to season it a bit, as it’s very bland by itself. ---
**Author:** ![Jeffro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jeffro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeffro)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-hominey/273729/7 "2004-11-08T22:37:06Z")
Well I just dumped it in with my Spanish chicken & rice dish so heres hopin it dont come out to terriable. Thanks for the answers everyone! ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-hominey/273729/8 "2004-11-08T22:48:13Z")
I may be the only person on earth who likey the taste of plane hominy. When it comes to grits I like grease and bacon and all the other stuff. But when it comes to hominy I like to eat it straight out of the cold can. Alternatively it’s pretty good warmed with just butter, but it best cold and straight from the can. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2004, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-hominey/273729/9 "2004-11-09T00:57:12Z")
How the hell am I supposed to know how many grits? 😉 –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2004, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-hominey/273729/10 "2004-11-09T01:38:42Z")
[Pazole!](http://www.google.com/search?q=pazole&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8) Although I’ve only ever seen it with white hominy. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2004, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-hominey/273729/11 "2004-11-09T01:42:06Z")
Interestingly I realize that I spelt that wrong, but the Google results were so many that I didn’t notice. For you sticklers, that’d be spelt “p **o** zole.” ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2004, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-hominey/273729/12 "2004-11-09T02:00:06Z")
I love the stuff in soup. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2004, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-hominey/273729/13 "2004-11-09T02:06:58Z")
> [@Balthisar](#): > > For you sticklers, that’d be spelt “p **o** zole.” “Posole.” In New Mexico, it’s a traditional Thanksgiving/Christmas dish, and [here’s](http://www.fiery-foods.com/dave/nmcuisine.asp#Posole) a basic recipe.