OT Lutefisk Re: What is lye

Richard Brekne Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
Thu, 01 Jan 2004 03:27:52 +0100



"Don A. Gilmore" wrote:
> 
> 
> Actually hominy isn't that bad.  And it is made with lye.  Grind it up and
> you have grits.
> 
> Who thinks of this stuff anyway?  Take perfectly good corn, dry it until
> it's hard as rocks, soak it in lye until it bloats to a grotesque size, then
> grind it up and serve...bon appetite!
> 
>

Its a preservative method... from times long gone by. Like many such
methods they hang on as some kind of specialty.. delicacies. Some pretty
strange ones out there too I can tell you. I guess people like to be
reminded of how much better everything was 8000 years ago or something
:)

Cheers
RicB

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