Object: Hominy - Indigenous Cornmeal Mush

Image Credits

John White, Watercolor, An Indian man and woman eating,  wikimedia commons

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Description

Hominy is cornmeal mush made with corn that has been nixtamalized.  Makes a thick porridge.

 

Nausaump is a cornmeal mush to which many items could be added.   Sometimes pounded walnuts and hickory nuts made into a nut milk, or dried meats and berries.