Recipes

Hominy (Canned)

Recipe No. 599 from the U.S. Army's WWII cookbook — Vegetables. Quantities are exactly as printed, for 100 servings; a scaled-down 8-serving version is in the notes.

Army TM10-412 · Side Dish · Vegetable

Serves 100 servings, ¼ cup each.

Recipe No. 599 from the U.S. Army’s WWII cookbook — Vegetables. Quantities are exactly as printed, for 100 servings; a scaled-down 8-serving version is in the notes.

Ingredients

  • Salt — 2 ounces (4 mess kit spoons)
  • Pepper — as needed
  • Hominy — 3 No. 10 cans

Directions

  1. Add salt and pepper to hominy; heat slowly, without draining, 20 minutes.

Notes

SCALED TO 8 SERVINGS (the original is ÷12.5): Salt — about 1 tsp Pepper — to taste Hominy — 3 cups

A small amount of butter may be added to the hominy.

— TM 10-412, Army Recipes (War Department, 15 August 1944), recipe No. 599, Vegetables. Army measures: 1 No. 56 dipper = 1 qt; 1 No. 55 dipper = 1¾ qt; 1 mess kit cup = 1½ pints.