lye hominy

noun

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An Americanism dating back to 1815–25

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If he cooked sausage, you had it too; if he cooked ham, you got it too; if he cooked lye hominy, you got it; an' if he had puddin', you got some.

Sometimes she would make a kettle of lye hominy, and this would last, with scarcely anything else, for an entire week.

This was "lye hominy" in course of preparation—the succulent lye hominy dear to every Southern heart.

Most times it was meat and bread wid turnip greens, lye hominy, milk, and butter.

Had plenty to eat: Meat, bread, milk, lye hominy, horse apples, turnips, collards, pumpkins, and dat kind of truck.

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