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My early cooking days in college were largely characterized by food that came from the middle of the grocery store. I was on a budget, so I became a whiz at making Hamburger Helper and Rice-A-Roni ...

You may have seen them popping up on restaurant menus around Columbia over the past year: Congaree Milling Co.’s hominy grits. And unless you’re a maize scholar, you probably didn’t think much of it.

Hominy is one of those foods you might think you’ve never tried, yet almost certainly have. Or at least a close relative of it. That’s because the ingredient that starts as hominy can end as many ...