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Default Hominy Grits

Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> Jill wrote:
>
>>> My son likes hominy grits. Once in a while I buy the round box
>>> from Quaker Oats.

>>
>> www.fallsmill.com

>
> Where on that web site does it state that the grits are made from
> hominy, i.e., corn which has been treated with an alkali? It rather
> looks like the mill simply grinds white corn and calls the resulting
> coarse meal "grits."
>
> Bob


That site doesn't define "grits", they sell stone ground grits. Grits are
ground degermed hominy treated with lye. Plain and simple. The term
"hominy grits" is a tad redundent. Sorry, was just trying to address the
inquiry, didn't mean to raise all sorts of issues.

Jill