On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 22:41:46 +0000, Peggie Hall wrote:

Lloyd Sumpter wrote:
After all the discussion on coleslaw, I STILL wanna know what a "hush-puppy"
is (apart from the shoe already mentioned...)

A REAL hush puppy is nothing but a bit of fried corn bread batter. Hush puppies
are so named because that's exactly what their orginal purpose was: something to
toss to hungry barking dogs to shut 'em up. It was only after someone (prob'ly a
Yankee...Yankees don't really like real southern cooking, so they change it into
something else and pretend it's still southern cooking) decided to turn hush
puppies into people food that recipes began to include onions, jalapenos and
whatever else.


Well, once again Peggy posts one of the most informative posts I've seen in a
while. Thanks, Peggy!

We have a cornmeal "bread" known as bannock, originated by the natives. (it's
actually really good stuff to make onboard - doesn't take an over, etc.). I'll
trade you some bannock for some hushpuppies...

Lloyd