Kernels Treated With Alkaline Solution
This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Underground Worlds, Group 2165, Puzzle 3 (Geological Survey).
Question is: Kernels Treated With Alkaline Solution
and the answer is: HOMINY
Word Meaning:
HOMINY — 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 hominy grits.
Definitions from Wiktionary.