Stone Ground Grits

Hickory Cane corn is an old, old variety best known for it's very large flat kernals. It is very difficult to find any more or may even have disappeared. It was the type of corn used years back by the southern mountain people for making authentic hominy. Hickory King is another variety entirely but may be about the closest thing you'll find to Hickory Cane. Henry Moore was another old variety used for hominy sometimes. All of these are white, long season corns traditionally raised in the south. They are too long-season for upper midwest, for example, most years. However, yellow corn can also be used to make hominy. Actually, we prefer the yellow for hominy and for grits. We think it has a better flavor. And, you can use nearly any corn - well not sweet corn - to make hominy. Sometimes, we just make do with what is available. I have made hominy, but only a few times. I used Hickory Cane but I have also lost the seed. Years ago, that was all we would raise to grind: that or the Henry Moore. We had no idea, at that time, that it would become impossible to find, or we would have been more careful to keep it going.

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The reason to turn corn into hominy is to unlock it's nutritional potential. If corn is part of your emergency store, like it is for us learning how to make hominy is a really good idea.