Bygone Recipes – Grains

Ingredients

• 1 cup hominy (fine) (approx. 165g)
• 4 cups boiling water (960ml)
• 1½ teaspoons salt

Method

1. Cook all ingredients, stirring occasionally, for one hour.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard

Ingredients

• 1 cup coarse hominy (approx. 165g)
• 8 cups boiling water (1.9 litres)
• 2 teaspoons salt

Method

1. Mix ingredients and cook six to eight hours, or, instead of boiling, cook in double boiler all day.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard

Ingredients

• 1 cup rice (approx. 190g)
• 2½ cups boiling water (600ml)
• 1 teaspoon salt

Method

1. Salt water, add rice a few grains at a time, so as not to stop the boiling, boil rapidly one half hour.
2. When grains are tender, drain in colander, and pour boiling water over rice to wash starch from grains.
3. Serve immediately.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard

Ingredients

• 1 cup corn meal (approx. 120g)
• 4 cups boiling water (960ml)
• 1½ teaspoons salt

Method

1. Salt water, add corn meal, a little at a time, until all is used, boil five minutes, and cook in double boiler three hours.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard

Ingredients

• 2 cups green corn pulp (approx. 340g)
• 2 eggs
• pepper and cayenne
• 1 tablespoon butter, melted (14g)
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• flour

Method

1. Cut the corn through the kernel with a sharp knife and remove pulp; add remaining ingredients with enough flour to shape into small cakes.
2. Sauté in butter or pork fat or fry in deep fat.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard

Ingredients

• 4 cups corn (fresh) (approx. 700g)
• 2 cups milk (480ml)
• salt
• 3 eggs
• ½ cup butter (114g)
• pepper

Method

1. Beat yolks; add corn, milk, butter, salt and pepper.
2. Pour into a buttered baking dish; add beaten whites and bake in moderate oven one hour.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard

Ingredients

• 1 cup wheat (approx. 170g)
• 5 cups boiling water
• 1½ teaspoons salt

Method

1. Mix ingredients and cook in double boiler from three to five hours.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard

Ingredients

• 1 cup oatmeal (approx. 85g)
• 4 cups boiling water (960ml)
• 1½ teaspoons salt

Method

1. Mix ingredients, and cook in double boiler six to eight hours.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard

Ingredients

• 1 cup rolled oats (approx. 85g)
• 1-¾ cups boiling water (420ml)
• 1 teaspoon salt

Method

1. Mix all ingredients, and cook in double boiler thirty minutes to one hour.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard

Ingredients

• Sautéd or Fried Corn Meal Mush
• 1 cup corn meal (approx. 120g)
• ½ cup white flour (approx. 60g)
• 4 cups boiling water (960ml)
• 2 teaspoons salt

Method

1. Cook in the same way as Corn Meal Mush, pour while hot into greased bread pan or baking powder box.
2. When cold, slice and sauté in pork fat, first on one side and then on the other; or fry in deep fat.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard

Ingredients

• 1 cup rice (approx. 190g)
• 2½ cups boiling water (600ml)
• 1 teaspoon salt

Method

1. Place rice in earthen dish, add salt and boiling water, and steam two to three hours.
2. Cooked in this way, every grain should be separate.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard