On 4/15/2013 7:11 AM, notbob wrote:

> No. Most ppl, including Mexicans, jes buy canned hominy. Juanita's
> sells hominy in gallon cans. My late step-mom, who was Mexican, would
> go down to the local taqueria and buy a bag of fresh nixtamal. I
> tried that at one of our local Mex mkts, which DID make their own
> fresh tortillas, and asked for some fresh nixtamal, but the workers
> looked at me like I was from outer space and feigned ignorance. Yer
> basic "go away stupid gringo" act. So, it's make yer own or buy
> canned.
>
> If you can find someone who makes it and is willing to sell it to you,
> go for it. It really is great in homemade pozole. As an FYI, it's
> pronounced NEEZ-tah-mal.
>
> nb


We live in a small town, 7K people, and we are lucky enough to have 2
Mexican meat markets/grocery store/taqueria. The small store sells
nixtamal, but I am not sure about the larger one. We only shopped in
the larger store once, then we went back to the smaller store. The
people are friendly, and we love the meat, they sell. They also sell
hominy in huge cans. I bought one, but I doubt I will do that again,
that is a lot of hominy.

Becca