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When I was a kid, my dad would take me fishing at one of the fresh water lakes
in Puerto Rico. We would catch a washtub full of catfish and have a fish fry for the neighborhood that afternoon. My mother would fix hush puppies to go with the catfish. They were the best hp's I've ever had, and I've not been able to duplicate them. I can't even come close! Question: Who has a fantastic hush puppy recipe? Next, what is the recipe. My mom died several years ago, and one of my biggest boo-boos was my failure to get that recipe. Help! John On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD |
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Jiffy corn muffin mix, Instead of baking, Throw it in your Fry Baby, Fry
Daddy or whatever you heat oil up in. Fresh water fishing in Puerto Rico?? UD http://community.webtv.net/capuglyda...inUglyDansJack |
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"JohnH" wrote in message
... When I was a kid, my dad would take me fishing at one of the fresh water lakes in Puerto Rico. We would catch a washtub full of catfish and have a fish fry for the neighborhood that afternoon. My mother would fix hush puppies to go with the catfish. They were the best hp's I've ever had, and I've not been able to duplicate them. I can't even come close! Question: Who has a fantastic hush puppy recipe? Next, what is the recipe. My mom died several years ago, and one of my biggest boo-boos was my failure to get that recipe. Help! John On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD If you provide the details on which lake in PR and what kind of bait you used, I'll give you a recipe that'll knock your socks off. Uh oh....I already pasted it below! Now, about that lake.....??? http://homecooking.about.com/library/archive/blsea1.htm Paul Prudhomme's Hush Puppies Ingredients 1 cup cornmeal 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup corn flour, available at health food stores 1 tablespoon baking powder 3/4 teaspoon ground red pepper, preferably cayenne 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves 1/4 teaspoon white pepper 1/8 teaspoon dried oregano leaves Other Ingredients: 1/4 cup green onions, tops only, very finely chopped 1-1/2 teaspoons garlic, minced 2 eggs, beaten 1 cup milk 2 tablespoons pork lard, unsalted butter, vegetable oil, chicken fat or bacon drippings Vegetable oil for deep frying Instructions Combine all the dry ingredients in a large bowl, breaking up any lumps. Stir in the green onions and garlic. Add the eggs and blend well. In a small saucepan bring the milk and lard (or other fat) to a boil; remove from heat and add to flour mixture, half at a time, stirring well after each addition. Refrigerate 1 hour. In a large skillet or deep fryer, heat 4 inches of oil to 350 degrees F. Drop the batter by tablespoonfuls into the hot oil. Do not crowd. Cook until dark golden brown on each side and cooked through, about 1 minute per side. Drain on paper towels. Yield: 5 servings Credits Recipe from: Chef Paul Prudhomme's Louisiana Kitchen by Paul Prudhomme (Wm Morrow) |
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Post the recipe if you get one. Funniest story regards HP's was about 15
years ago was at Rockingham for the NASCAR race. They were selling fried chicken box lunches. A Southern lady about 75 years old, holds up this thing that they said was a HP, wiggles it. Looked more like a big french fry. And announces to the crowd is this great southern voice . . . "What is this here thang?" I still laugh over that comment. Wife even brings it out when we get some strange food. Bill "JohnH" wrote in message ... When I was a kid, my dad would take me fishing at one of the fresh water lakes in Puerto Rico. We would catch a washtub full of catfish and have a fish fry for the neighborhood that afternoon. My mother would fix hush puppies to go with the catfish. They were the best hp's I've ever had, and I've not been able to duplicate them. I can't even come close! Question: Who has a fantastic hush puppy recipe? Next, what is the recipe. My mom died several years ago, and one of my biggest boo-boos was my failure to get that recipe. Help! John On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD |
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"UglyDan®©T" wrote in message
... Jiffy corn muffin mix, Instead of baking, Throw it in your Fry Baby, Fry Daddy or whatever you heat oil up in. Fresh water fishing in Puerto Rico?? UD There are a few man-made lakes there. If ve place ze electrodes on ze proper places on ze victim's skin, he vill tell us vich lake. Ve haf vays of getting zis information. |
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On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 19:01:31 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote: "JohnH" wrote in message .. . When I was a kid, my dad would take me fishing at one of the fresh water lakes in Puerto Rico. We would catch a washtub full of catfish and have a fish fry for the neighborhood that afternoon. My mother would fix hush puppies to go with the catfish. They were the best hp's I've ever had, and I've not been able to duplicate them. I can't even come close! Question: Who has a fantastic hush puppy recipe? Next, what is the recipe. My mom died several years ago, and one of my biggest boo-boos was my failure to get that recipe. Help! John On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD If you provide the details on which lake in PR and what kind of bait you used, I'll give you a recipe that'll knock your socks off. Uh oh....I already pasted it below! Now, about that lake.....??? http://homecooking.about.com/library/archive/blsea1.htm Paul Prudhomme's Hush Puppies Ingredients 1 cup cornmeal 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup corn flour, available at health food stores 1 tablespoon baking powder 3/4 teaspoon ground red pepper, preferably cayenne 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves 1/4 teaspoon white pepper 1/8 teaspoon dried oregano leaves Other Ingredients: 1/4 cup green onions, tops only, very finely chopped 1-1/2 teaspoons garlic, minced 2 eggs, beaten 1 cup milk 2 tablespoons pork lard, unsalted butter, vegetable oil, chicken fat or bacon drippings Vegetable oil for deep frying Instructions Combine all the dry ingredients in a large bowl, breaking up any lumps. Stir in the green onions and garlic. Add the eggs and blend well. In a small saucepan bring the milk and lard (or other fat) to a boil; remove from heat and add to flour mixture, half at a time, stirring well after each addition. Refrigerate 1 hour. In a large skillet or deep fryer, heat 4 inches of oil to 350 degrees F. Drop the batter by tablespoonfuls into the hot oil. Do not crowd. Cook until dark golden brown on each side and cooked through, about 1 minute per side. Drain on paper towels. Yield: 5 servings Credits Recipe from: Chef Paul Prudhomme's Louisiana Kitchen by Paul Prudhomme (Wm Morrow) I will give that one a try. Here's the lake info: Lake Dos Bocas, right above the dam, very early in the AM (before sun rises), using chicken livers for bait, on the bottom! Good luck and good fishing! John On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD |
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"JohnH" wrote in message
... On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 10:53:45 -0800 (PST), (UglyDan®©T) wrote: Jiffy corn muffin mix, Instead of baking, Throw it in your Fry Baby, Fry Daddy or whatever you heat oil up in. Fresh water fishing in Puerto Rico?? UD http://community.webtv.net/capuglyda...inUglyDansJack Yes! Lake Dos Bocas, right above the damn, very early in the AM (before sun rises), using chicken livers for bait, on the bottom! John On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD Thanks! Maybe this'll save me from having to spend an entire week "helping" my GF's family with xmas preparations. "Helping" means "cool your heels watching TV sports" with a bunch of people who are exactly the same as sports bar slobs anyplace else in the world. :-) I'd rather slam my tube steak in a car door. Or, go fishing! |
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"UglyDan®©T" wrote in message
... Fresh water fishing in Puerto Rico?? UD Good info on the lakes: http://www.rainforestsafari.com/Fishing.html ....and...good info on why to be really careful around fresh water lakes down the http://www.who.int/inf-fs/en/fact115.html |
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(Doug=A0Kanter) wrote :-) I'd rather slam my tube steak in a car
door. Or, go fishing! Perish the thought, Go fishing! BTW, You owe me a keyboard. UD http://community.webtv.net/capuglyda...inUglyDansJack |
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"UglyDan®©T" wrote in message
... (Doug Kanter) wrote :-) I'd rather slam my tube steak in a car door. Or, go fishing! Perish the thought, Go fishing! BTW, You owe me a keyboard. UD I owe you a keyboard????? Why's that? :-) |
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On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 20:04:29 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote: "UglyDan®©T" wrote in message ... Fresh water fishing in Puerto Rico?? UD Good info on the lakes: http://www.rainforestsafari.com/Fishing.html ...and...good info on why to be really careful around fresh water lakes down the http://www.who.int/inf-fs/en/fact115.html Never went in the water! Now I'm glad!!! Thanks for the URL's, brought back some nice memories. I was 8-11 years old when my dad was in the Air Force down there. John On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD |
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UglyDan®©™ wrote: Jiffy corn muffin mix, Instead of baking, Throw it in your Fry Baby, Fry Daddy or whatever you heat oil up in. I'd suggest adding some finely diced onion, preferably wild onion or ramps. Used to be relatively common in restaurant hushpuppies but now it is going the way of sweet iced tea. The South apparently is not going to rise again after all..... DSK |
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I don't know about Doug's recipe, but for a store bought mix, I
strongly suggest 'House of Autry'. It's excellent by itself, but I like to add some chopped jalapeno's. Their seafood breading mix is also very good. It's light and doesn't change the taste of fish from being overloaded with spices like other brands. If you do try 'House of Autry' hush puppy mix, I suggest you back off a wee bit from their suggestion of how much water to add. If you don't, it can be a bit to runny and is hard to get a decent shape on them as you scoop them into the oil. Since they cook so quick, you can snack on them as you're working hard at that fish-fry. :^) I understand your 'boo'boo' for not getting that recipe from your mom, but I was wondering if you had any old cookbooks of hers or if another family member might. It's just possible she wrote that recipe down before she had it committed to memory. -JimL JohnH wrote: When I was a kid, my dad would take me fishing at one of the fresh water lakes in Puerto Rico. We would catch a washtub full of catfish and have a fish fry for the neighborhood that afternoon. My mother would fix hush puppies to go with the catfish. They were the best hp's I've ever had, and I've not been able to duplicate them. I can't even come close! Question: Who has a fantastic hush puppy recipe? Next, what is the recipe. My mom died several years ago, and one of my biggest boo-boos was my failure to get that recipe. Help! John On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD |
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JohnH wrote:
When I was a kid, my dad would take me fishing at one of the fresh water lakes in Puerto Rico. We would catch a washtub full of catfish and have a fish fry for the neighborhood that afternoon. My mother would fix hush puppies to go with the catfish. They were the best hp's I've ever had, and I've not been able to duplicate them. I can't even come close! Question: Who has a fantastic hush puppy recipe? Next, what is the recipe. My mom died several years ago, and one of my biggest boo-boos was my failure to get that recipe. Help! John On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD You mean they're not shoes from the 60s?? or is this your joke about boil catfish with & shoe for 2 hours; add salt, then eat the shoe?? K |
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Doesn't do me any good at all. I say hush to my puppy all the time
but it does not work. JohnH wrote: When I was a kid, my dad would take me fishing at one of the fresh water lakes in Puerto Rico. We would catch a washtub full of catfish and have a fish fry for the neighborhood that afternoon. My mother would fix hush puppies to go with the catfish. They were the best hp's I've ever had, and I've not been able to duplicate them. I can't even come close! Question: Who has a fantastic hush puppy recipe? Next, what is the recipe. My mom died several years ago, and one of my biggest boo-boos was my failure to get that recipe. Help! John On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD -- - Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). |
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JimL wrote:
I don't know about Doug's recipe, but for a store bought mix, I strongly suggest 'House of Autry'. It's excellent by itself, but I like to add some chopped jalapeno's. I know people who also like to add some finely chopped onion...and/or some fresh or frozen corn kernels. Their seafood breading mix is also very good. It's light and doesn't change the taste of fish from being overloaded with spices like other brands. Sounds like it would be great for fried okra--another purely southern delight...why, btw, is nothing like boiled okra, which is dreadful. I understand your 'boo'boo' for not getting that recipe from your mom, but I was wondering if you had any old cookbooks of hers or if another family member might. It's just possible she wrote that recipe down before she had it committed to memory. If she cooked like my grandmother (an AL farm gal) did, it's doubtful...'cuz Grandma was a "pinch of this" and a "handful of that" cook. One of my uncles was determined to get her "recipe" for cornbread (REAL southern cornbread, not the gawdawful stuff that most yankees and city folk eat that isn't even close)...the only way to do it was by following her around the kitchen each time he was around when she made it, grabbing and measuring her pinches and handfuls till he came up with the average amounts. Then he'd make some to find out how close it was to hers. It took him several years of doing that, but he finally nailed it and then gave the recipe to everyone in the family. Peggie ---------- Peggie Hall Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987 Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor" http://shop.sailboatowners.com/detai...=400&group=327 http://www.seaworthy.com/html/get_ri...oat_odors.html |
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Peggie Hall wrote:
JimL wrote: I don't know about Doug's recipe, but for a store bought mix, I strongly suggest 'House of Autry'. It's excellent by itself, but I like to add some chopped jalapeno's. I know people who also like to add some finely chopped onion...and/or some fresh or frozen corn kernels. Onion is great in hushpuppies. Their seafood breading mix is also very good. It's light and doesn't change the taste of fish from being overloaded with spices like other brands. Sounds like it would be great for fried okra--another purely southern delight...why, btw, is nothing like boiled okra, which is dreadful. Boiled okra transcends dreadful. It smells funky, too, and it has a slime-covered texture. But fried okra is great. -- Email sent to is never read. |
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Peggie Hall wrote:
JimL wrote: I don't know about Doug's recipe, but for a store bought mix, I strongly suggest 'House of Autry'. It's excellent by itself, but I like to add some chopped jalapeno's. I know people who also like to add some finely chopped onion...and/or some fresh or frozen corn kernels. Their seafood breading mix is also very good. It's light and doesn't change the taste of fish from being overloaded with spices like other brands. Sounds like it would be great for fried okra--another purely southern delight...why, btw, is nothing like boiled okra, which is dreadful. I understand your 'boo'boo' for not getting that recipe from your mom, but I was wondering if you had any old cookbooks of hers or if another family member might. It's just possible she wrote that recipe down before she had it committed to memory. If she cooked like my grandmother (an AL farm gal) did, it's doubtful...'cuz Grandma was a "pinch of this" and a "handful of that" cook. One of my uncles was determined to get her "recipe" for cornbread (REAL southern cornbread, not the gawdawful stuff that most yankees and city folk eat that isn't even close)...the only way to do it was by following her around the kitchen each time he was around when she made it, grabbing and measuring her pinches and handfuls till he came up with the average amounts. Then he'd make some to find out how close it was to hers. It took him several years of doing that, but he finally nailed it and then gave the recipe to everyone in the family. Peggie ---------- Peggie Hall Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987 Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor" http://shop.sailboatowners.com/detai...=400&group=327 http://www.seaworthy.com/html/get_ri...oat_odors.html For those who are really interested: ("hVS "pVpI) [f. hush v.1 + puppy n.] 1. U.S. (See quots.) 1918 Dialect Notes V. 18 Hushpuppy, a sort of bread prepared very quickly and without salt. 1942 M. K. Rawlings Cross Creek Cookery 28 Fresh-caught fried fish without hush puppies are as men without women. 1947 This Week Mag. (U.S.) 4 Oct. 27/1 What's a hush puppy? You mean you don't know that Southern fried bread like a miniature corn pone—but glorified? It's made of the white cornmeal of the South, smooth and fine as face powder. 1960 Harper's Bazaar July 48 Crisp, brown ‘hush puppies’, crunchy morsels of deep-fried cornmeal batter. 1964 Cookbk. (Amer. Heritage) (1967) 220 Hush Puppies are usually served with fried fish. 1967 Daily News (N.Y.) 5 Mar. ii. 4 I'm going to eat hush-puppies, wear a snuffler and every night sing ‘Silent Night’. -- Email sent to is never read. |
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On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 18:12:18 -0500, DSK wrote:
UglyDan®©™ wrote: Jiffy corn muffin mix, Instead of baking, Throw it in your Fry Baby, Fry Daddy or whatever you heat oil up in. I'd suggest adding some finely diced onion, preferably wild onion or ramps. Used to be relatively common in restaurant hushpuppies but now it is going the way of sweet iced tea. The South apparently is not going to rise again after all..... DSK Thanks. My back yard gets full of the damn things every spring. Now I know what to do with 'em. John On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD |
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On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 00:22:27 GMT, Peggie Hall wrote:
JimL wrote: I don't know about Doug's recipe, but for a store bought mix, I strongly suggest 'House of Autry'. It's excellent by itself, but I like to add some chopped jalapeno's. I know people who also like to add some finely chopped onion...and/or some fresh or frozen corn kernels. Their seafood breading mix is also very good. It's light and doesn't change the taste of fish from being overloaded with spices like other brands. Sounds like it would be great for fried okra--another purely southern delight...why, btw, is nothing like boiled okra, which is dreadful. I understand your 'boo'boo' for not getting that recipe from your mom, but I was wondering if you had any old cookbooks of hers or if another family member might. It's just possible she wrote that recipe down before she had it committed to memory. If she cooked like my grandmother (an AL farm gal) did, it's doubtful...'cuz Grandma was a "pinch of this" and a "handful of that" cook. One of my uncles was determined to get her "recipe" for cornbread (REAL southern cornbread, not the gawdawful stuff that most yankees and city folk eat that isn't even close)...the only way to do it was by following her around the kitchen each time he was around when she made it, grabbing and measuring her pinches and handfuls till he came up with the average amounts. Then he'd make some to find out how close it was to hers. It took him several years of doing that, but he finally nailed it and then gave the recipe to everyone in the family. Peggie ---------- Peggie Hall Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987 Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor" http://shop.sailboatowners.com/detai...=400&group=327 http://www.seaworthy.com/html/get_ri...oat_odors.html Well Peggy, we're just like family! Post that recipe!! John On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD |
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On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 10:51:12 +1100, K Smith wrote:
JohnH wrote: When I was a kid, my dad would take me fishing at one of the fresh water lakes in Puerto Rico. We would catch a washtub full of catfish and have a fish fry for the neighborhood that afternoon. My mother would fix hush puppies to go with the catfish. They were the best hp's I've ever had, and I've not been able to duplicate them. I can't even come close! Question: Who has a fantastic hush puppy recipe? Next, what is the recipe. My mom died several years ago, and one of my biggest boo-boos was my failure to get that recipe. Help! John On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD You mean they're not shoes from the 60s?? or is this your joke about boil catfish with & shoe for 2 hours; add salt, then eat the shoe?? K Karen, there is the south, and then there is the deep south. Virginia is the south. Alabama is the deep south. You are in the deep, deep south. Obviously you haven't dined on the best the deep south has to offer -- fried catfish and hushpuppies, with a little cole slaw thrown in to satisfy mama's need for a veggie. John On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD |
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On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 23:55:55 GMT, Jim Woodard wrote:
Doesn't do me any good at all. I say hush to my puppy all the time but it does not work. Must be from Minneapolis! JohnH wrote: When I was a kid, my dad would take me fishing at one of the fresh water lakes in Puerto Rico. We would catch a washtub full of catfish and have a fish fry for the neighborhood that afternoon. My mother would fix hush puppies to go with the catfish. They were the best hp's I've ever had, and I've not been able to duplicate them. I can't even come close! Question: Who has a fantastic hush puppy recipe? Next, what is the recipe. My mom died several years ago, and one of my biggest boo-boos was my failure to get that recipe. Help! John On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD John On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD |
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"JohnH" wrote in message ... On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 10:51:12 +1100, K Smith wrote: JohnH wrote: When I was a kid, my dad would take me fishing at one of the fresh water lakes in Puerto Rico. We would catch a washtub full of catfish and have a fish fry for the neighborhood that afternoon. My mother would fix hush puppies to go with the catfish. They were the best hp's I've ever had, and I've not been able to duplicate them. I can't even come close! Question: Who has a fantastic hush puppy recipe? Next, what is the recipe. My mom died several years ago, and one of my biggest boo-boos was my failure to get that recipe. Help! John On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD You mean they're not shoes from the 60s?? or is this your joke about boil catfish with & shoe for 2 hours; add salt, then eat the shoe?? K Karen, there is the south, and then there is the deep south. Virginia is the south. Alabama is the deep south. You are in the deep, deep south. Obviously you haven't dined on the best the deep south has to offer -- fried catfish and hushpuppies, with a little cole slaw thrown in to satisfy mama's need for a veggie. John On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD I am a California boy and hated coleslaw until I went to the South. Instead of mayonnaise they fix it with a sugar and vinegar dressing. Probably black strap molasses for the sugar. |
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JohnH wrote:
Well Peggy, we're just like family! Post that recipe!! Ok :) Put 2 tablespoons of lard or Crisco into an 8" cast iron skillet. (Must be cast iron) Put in oven and preheat oven to 425(F) While pan is heating in oven, mix together: 2/3 cup stone ground corn meal (MUST be stone ground!) 1 tsp salt 1 tsp baking soda 1/3 cup self rising flour 2/3 cup butter milk break 1 egg into it, add enough water to bring liquid to 1 cup (egg is optional only if hens are laying well...otherwise, just add 1/3 cup water to buttermilk) When oven is up to temp, pour melted shortening into batter, mix quickly and pour into preheated pan. Bake at 425 for 25-30 minutes. This WILL NOT taste like, nor have the same texture as, any corn bread made from a mix! Corn bread was originally what came to be known as "soul food." In the old south, flour was a real luxury that only the rich could afford in enough quantity to make rolls and biscuits...the poor had to be creative. Corn was plentiful, and so were grist mills to grind it...buttermilk is what's left after the butter has been churned. So they learned to make bread from corn meal, butter milk and lard....with just a little bit of precious flour and some baking soda. Commercial mixes use ground up corn meal (stone ground meal is crushed between two big rocks), and include sugar--something no self-respecting southerner would ever dream of. So those who are used to "yankee" cornbread prob'ly wont' like the real thing. But to a southerner there's nothing better than real cornbread slathered with freshly churned butter and clover honey with a farm breakfast of cured ham, sausage, eggs, and grits (which are a whole 'nother subject)...biscuits would be an added luxury. :) Peggie ---------- Peggie Hall Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987 Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor" http://www.seaworthy.com/html/get_ri...oat_odors.html |
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On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 04:25:14 GMT, Peggie Hall wrote:
JohnH wrote: Well Peggy, we're just like family! Post that recipe!! Ok :) Put 2 tablespoons of lard or Crisco into an 8" cast iron skillet. (Must be cast iron) Put in oven and preheat oven to 425(F) While pan is heating in oven, mix together: 2/3 cup stone ground corn meal (MUST be stone ground!) 1 tsp salt 1 tsp baking soda 1/3 cup self rising flour 2/3 cup butter milk break 1 egg into it, add enough water to bring liquid to 1 cup (egg is optional only if hens are laying well...otherwise, just add 1/3 cup water to buttermilk) When oven is up to temp, pour melted shortening into batter, mix quickly and pour into preheated pan. Bake at 425 for 25-30 minutes. This WILL NOT taste like, nor have the same texture as, any corn bread made from a mix! Corn bread was originally what came to be known as "soul food." In the old south, flour was a real luxury that only the rich could afford in enough quantity to make rolls and biscuits...the poor had to be creative. Corn was plentiful, and so were grist mills to grind it...buttermilk is what's left after the butter has been churned. So they learned to make bread from corn meal, butter milk and lard....with just a little bit of precious flour and some baking soda. Commercial mixes use ground up corn meal (stone ground meal is crushed between two big rocks), and include sugar--something no self-respecting southerner would ever dream of. So those who are used to "yankee" cornbread prob'ly wont' like the real thing. But to a southerner there's nothing better than real cornbread slathered with freshly churned butter and clover honey with a farm breakfast of cured ham, sausage, eggs, and grits (which are a whole 'nother subject)...biscuits would be an added luxury. :) Peggie ---------- Peggie Hall Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987 Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor" http://www.seaworthy.com/html/get_ri...oat_odors.html Thanks! Now here's a quickie cornbread (?) that's not too bad. 1 pkg Martha Wash Cornbread mix 1 pkg Martha Wash cornmeal muffin mix. Do the cast iron skillet in the oven trick. Mix both pkgs of mix together, following both recipes. I like to add some prefried bacon chunks, or some corn, or both, along with some onions. This ain't real downhome, but it's not a bad substitute if in a rush. John On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD |
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Thank you both for the recipes, John & Peggie.
Regards Doug King |
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"JohnH" wrote in message
... On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 20:04:29 GMT, "Doug Kanter" wrote: "UglyDan®©T" wrote in message ... Fresh water fishing in Puerto Rico?? UD Good info on the lakes: http://www.rainforestsafari.com/Fishing.html ...and...good info on why to be really careful around fresh water lakes down the http://www.who.int/inf-fs/en/fact115.html Never went in the water! Now I'm glad!!! Thanks for the URL's, brought back some nice memories. I was 8-11 years old when my dad was in the Air Force down there. John On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD Yeah....bladder cancer from a dip in a cool lake! I don't know if I'd take little kids fishing there, unless there was a second adult to make sure their hands never went near their mouths until they'd washed. |
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"DSK" wrote in message
... UglyDan®©T wrote: Jiffy corn muffin mix, Instead of baking, Throw it in your Fry Baby, Fry Daddy or whatever you heat oil up in. I'd suggest adding some finely diced onion, preferably wild onion or ramps. Used to be relatively common in restaurant hushpuppies but now it is going the way of sweet iced tea. The South apparently is not going to rise again after all..... DSK Ramps? Anything like the wild garlic sprouts we find in the Northeast around April/May? Rumor: Munch on a handful of those and early season bugs will leave you alone while you're trying to fish. |
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"JimL" wrote in message
... I understand your 'boo'boo' for not getting that recipe from your mom, but I was wondering if you had any old cookbooks of hers or if another family member might. It's just possible she wrote that recipe down before she had it committed to memory. -JimL And, fan through every cookbook she used. If she was anything like my mother, she had slips of paper stuck all over the place. Be careful with those slips if you find them. When they were exposed to whatever was on the cook's hands, like veg oil, they begin to disintegrate. If you find any, make copies right away. |
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Are you Dave Hall's wife??????????
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"JohnH" wrote in message
... Well Peggy, we're just like family! Post that recipe!! Perish the thought, you right-wing cockroach. :-) |
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Doug Kanter wrote:
"JohnH" wrote in message ... On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 20:04:29 GMT, "Doug Kanter" wrote: "UglyDan®©T" wrote in message ... Fresh water fishing in Puerto Rico?? UD Good info on the lakes: http://www.rainforestsafari.com/Fishing.html ...and...good info on why to be really careful around fresh water lakes down the http://www.who.int/inf-fs/en/fact115.html Never went in the water! Now I'm glad!!! Thanks for the URL's, brought back some nice memories. I was 8-11 years old when my dad was in the Air Force down there. John On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD Yeah....bladder cancer from a dip in a cool lake! I don't know if I'd take little kids fishing there, unless there was a second adult to make sure their hands never went near their mouths until they'd washed. Now, now, Doug...it isn't nice to force reality into the picture here. While living in Jacksonville and St. Augustine, Florida, some years ago, I was horrified by the prospect of the military's "superfund" sites adjacent to heavily populated areas. One of them, a Naval Air Station, was right on the St. Johns River, a waterway popular for all sorts of recreation, including fishing and boating. Isn't the Bush Administration planning to exempt the military from anti-pollution regs? Won't that have a nice impact on our waterways and fisheries? -- Email sent to is never read. |
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"Calif Bill" wrote in message
ink.net... I am a California boy and hated coleslaw until I went to the South. Instead of mayonnaise they fix it with a sugar and vinegar dressing. Probably black strap molasses for the sugar. Marzetti makes a pretty good cole slaw dressing in a jar. But, stores never put it right there with the other salad dressings. It's always off to the side with the quirky stuff, with names like "Organic Sue's Stone Ground Poppy Seed Dressing". There's also a dry mix that my ex's mother uses which is spectacular. She says the stores keep it in the produce department. Greenish packet. I think she just adds milk. |
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Harry, we were talking about a parasitic infection in lakes in Puerto Rico.
It's caused by a naturally occurring organism throughout the tropics. |
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Peggie Hall wrote in message ...
JimL wrote: I don't know about Doug's recipe, but for a store bought mix, I strongly suggest 'House of Autry'. It's excellent by itself, but I like to add some chopped jalapeno's. I know people who also like to add some finely chopped onion...and/or some fresh or frozen corn kernels. Their seafood breading mix is also very good. It's light and doesn't change the taste of fish from being overloaded with spices like other brands. Sounds like it would be great for fried okra--another purely southern delight...why, btw, is nothing like boiled okra, which is dreadful. The best thing to do with okra of any brand is weed killer! Now give me a plate of biskits and gravy poured over a big slice of onion, hand me a pepper shaker and a fork, then I'm happy... Scotty, (the southbound yankee, hack squad engineer) and contrary to popular thinking, no state with a border on the atlantic ocean should be considered "south". I understand your 'boo'boo' for not getting that recipe from your mom, but I was wondering if you had any old cookbooks of hers or if another family member might. It's just possible she wrote that recipe down before she had it committed to memory. If she cooked like my grandmother (an AL farm gal) did, it's doubtful...'cuz Grandma was a "pinch of this" and a "handful of that" cook. One of my uncles was determined to get her "recipe" for cornbread (REAL southern cornbread, not the gawdawful stuff that most yankees and city folk eat that isn't even close)...the only way to do it was by following her around the kitchen each time he was around when she made it, grabbing and measuring her pinches and handfuls till he came up with the average amounts. Then he'd make some to find out how close it was to hers. It took him several years of doing that, but he finally nailed it and then gave the recipe to everyone in the family. Peggie ---------- Peggie Hall Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987 Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor" http://shop.sailboatowners.com/detai...=400&group=327 http://www.seaworthy.com/html/get_ri...oat_odors.html |
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Backyard Renegade wrote:
Scotty, (the southbound yankee, hack squad engineer) and contrary to popular thinking, no state with a border on the atlantic ocean should be considered "south". You'd have a hard time convincing anyone in VA, SC or GA of that. Otoh, FL is arguable. :) Peggie ---------- Peggie Hall Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987 Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor" http://shop.sailboatowners.com/detai...=400&group=327 http://www.seaworthy.com/html/get_ri...oat_odors.html |
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Doug Kanter wrote:
Harry, we were talking about a parasitic infection in lakes in Puerto Rico. It's caused by a naturally occurring organism throughout the tropics. Hope it doesn't live in Puerto Rican rum. -- Email sent to is never read. |
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Check:
http://seafood-recipes.chef2chef.net/recipes-03.shtml http://www.allrecipes.com/ http://www.recipecottage.com/ etc. "JohnH" wrote in message ... When I was a kid, my dad would take me fishing at one of the fresh water lakes in Puerto Rico. We would catch a washtub full of catfish and have a fish fry for the neighborhood that afternoon. My mother would fix hush puppies to go with the catfish. They were the best hp's I've ever had, and I've not been able to duplicate them. I can't even come close! Question: Who has a fantastic hush puppy recipe? Next, what is the recipe. My mom died several years ago, and one of my biggest boo-boos was my failure to get that recipe. Help! John On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD |
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Here is s pretty good recipe. Hometown cookin from Mandarin FL.
2 1/2 cups yellow corn meal 1-1/8 cup King Auther brand, stone ground all-purpose flour. 3 jumbo eggs 1 cup of medium chopped (small chunks) fresh sweet onion (Vidalia Onion if you can get it.) 1 tsp Paprika 1 tsp or less red pepper. (optional) 1 cup buttermilk (you can also use plain milk or 1/2n1/2. 4 heaping tablespoons sugar (or to taste. do not exceed 6 tblsp) 3/4 teaspoon seasoned salt. I use Lowreys. 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper blend. 1 teaspoon baking powder 2/3 teaspoon baking soda (DO NOT OVER USE BAKING SODA) 1/8 cup bacon grease. This is a big key to the flavor. In a pinch you can use other types of cooking oil, but bacon is my favorite. You also need some type of cooking oil to deep fry these in. I usually use Crisco oil although peanut oil and olive oil have no cholesterol. Mix all of the dry ingredients in a bowl. Add your eggs, oil, and buttermilk. Stir it all up until the flavors are thoroughly blended. Turn your cooker on medium high heat. When it's hot you can drop your hush puppies in using a table spoon. Allow them to brown on all sides. They should begin floating when done, but if they don't, don't overcook them. Serve with some fresh seafood or southern fried chicken. Capt. Frank JohnH wrote: When I was a kid, my dad would take me fishing at one of the fresh water lakes in Puerto Rico. We would catch a washtub full of catfish and have a fish fry for the neighborhood that afternoon. My mother would fix hush puppies to go with the catfish. They were the best hp's I've ever had, and I've not been able to duplicate them. I can't even come close! Question: Who has a fantastic hush puppy recipe? Next, what is the recipe. My mom died several years ago, and one of my biggest boo-boos was my failure to get that recipe. Help! John On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD |
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