On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 04:53:05 -0400, "jmcquown" >
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> "Polly Esther" > wrote in message
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> > "sf" <> wrote >
> > On Sat, 2 Jul 2011 23:41:28 -0500, "Polly Esther"
> >> wrote:
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> >>> I've found they're great too for hushpuppies
> >>
> >> Please tell me more! I've never made or eaten them.
> >>
> > Not me. No siree. How to make hushpuppies is one of those "and that's
> > when the fight started" sort of questions. Polly
>
> You got that right! You can't bake hush puppies in a mini muffin pan. They
> have to be fried.
>
> There's a southern legend about hush puppies. It goes something like this:
> A couple of fellows were sitting on a bank along the Mississippi River,
> fishing. Naturally they had their hound dogs with them They had a camp
> fire and a cast iron skillet. After they skinned their catch they coated
> the fish in cornmeal and fried it up in some fat.

You're saying to eat hush puppies with fried fish? I don't fry fish.

> The dogs were begging to
> be fed, so they made a little batter out of cornmeal and water and tossed it
> in the skillet. Then they tossed the fried cornmeal to the dogs saying
> "hush, puppy!" LOL There might actually be a grain of truth in that legend.
>
That story is older than dirt. What I didn't know was how to cook
them (I knew they were fried, but I didn't know how deep the oil is
supposed to be), how to eat them and what to eat them with. Also the
idea of baking them isn't bad, AFAIC. Lots of food that used to be
fried is baked now and I like the baked version better. <shrug>
Baking vs frying doesn't matter to me. They aren't part of my family
history, so I have no dog in that fight. I can try both ways and
decide, but I'll probably decide on baked because I don't like to fry.

Looking up recipes for hush puppies... it looks like fried cornbread
batter to me, so baking them isn't blasphemy after all.

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