Question: is nixtamal and hominy the same thing?
Answer: is that nixtamal is hominy; maize kernels which have undergone nixtamalization, that is, hulling and soaking and cooking in a alkaline solution while hominy is a food made from hulled corn (maize) kernels soaked in lye water, rinsed, then cooked and eaten; or, the rinsed kernels are dried and coarsely ground into ...