I agree with MF. Hominy refers to the whole kernel (you can see them as the white round things in the soup). You're not going to get the same effect with corn. Look in the canned veggie isle or the mexican isle. I promise they have it at your grocery store and it is worth getting for this recipe!

Hominy is not the same thing as grits or polenta. It is the whole corn (not ground) and is purchased canned.

Green tomatoes sub well for tomatillos, canned corn would work for the hominy.

Re: Eva Hominy is another name for grits. They're in the cereal isle with the oatmeal. The tomatillos have a unique flavor, so there isn't really a direct replacement. In this recipe a salsa verde might work, just make sure there are tomatillos in it.

Tomatillos are those little, tomato-like things in the produce section of the grocery store. They often have a brownish, papery, loose skin on the outside. They're used to make salsa verde (the green salsa you get in some Mexican restaurants). Hominy is found in cans in the international isle of the grocery store - in the Mexican section. It's dried white or yellow corn with the hull and germ removed.

Eva- Tomatillos are in the produce dept. next to the tomatos Hominy you can get canned-look on the aisle next to the corn.

Eva, You could get canned mild green chiles and they will likely have the same effect. For hominy, you could use polenta (not the premade log, but the dry polenta).

Re: spicy fall stew baked in pumpking.... Can anyone recommend a substitute for: a) tomatillos b) hominy I have no idea what these are or where to get them. I am having a vegetarian friend over for dinner and would like to make something special for her......

For Mexican or Southwest recipes, hominy is the English word for pozole and does refer to the whole grain. The ground version would be called masa. The corn used for either has been soaked in water with slake lime to remove the outer shell, then dried. Tomatillos also com canned and work well for salsas if you can't find the fresh.