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TO  FRY  HOMINY
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TO FRY HOMINY

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

6
Calories
0g
Protein
0g
Fat
2g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 2 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 60 family receipt dook
  • half
  • pepper
  • salt

Directions

1

After your hominy is boiled and cold, mash and season with pepper and salt; have some lard hot in

2

60 FAMILY RECEIPT DOOK.

3

a pan, into which put your hominy. Cover it for five minutes, then stir it well, and cover again, and let it fry a light brown. Fried hominy is very good for breakfast.

4

TO FRY EGG PLANT. Pare and let them lie ten or fifteen minutes in salt and water, to take away the bitter taste ; wipe them perfectly dry; have ready cracker rolled fine, and seasoned with pepper and salt ; dip each piece in the yolk of an egg beaten, then in the rolled cracker, and fry in hot lard.

5

TO STEW EGG PLANT. Cut in half with the skin on, then soak in vinegar to extract the bitter taste, say half an hour, then boil till quite tender ; scrape out the pulp and fill them with bread crumbs, butter, cayenne pepper and salt ; lay them open in your bake pan with a little water in the bottom, put them in the oven and baste them often so that they will not be dry ; rub a little flour and butter together for the gravy.

By Hodgson, Mary, fl. 1855 · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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