You guys know the story of how hushpuppies got their name, right? It may not be true, but I think it is.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
You guys know the story of how hushpuppies got their name, right? It may not be true, but I think it is.

I'd like to hear that story.

Fried balls of cornmeal, tossed to hungry dogs nosing around the fish fry. Simple as that.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Fried balls of cornmeal, tossed to hungry dogs nosing around the fish fry. Simple as that.

That's what I have always heard....it kept the ol' dogs that were begging quite, hush puppies!


Well I am finding this very interesting. Eatin' 'em plain is by far the top choice in hush puppies intake. I did try a couple of them at lunch with light corn syrup, Bob White to be exact. It was tasty....


As a little side note, what are your favorite sides when you go to a fish fry?

Our top three are the said hush puppies, coleslaw, and french fries. The least favorite is sweet potato fries.

ARman

Thanks, I never heard how they got their name.

Love hushpuppies and I dip them, and all of my seafood, in remoulade.

Plain ! Please

Puppy, huuuuuussssh !

The story I had heard was it was the scraps of batter that come off the fish as it fried, they'd throw them to the dogs to keep them happy, then someone decided to just start pouring some batter into the fryer and creating balls of fried batter that they discovered were really good.

Many good foods were hit upon by accident, potato chips are another. A restaurant customer circa 1870's or so kept sending his "Saratoga Fries" back to the kitchen complaining that they weren't crisp enough and an exasperated chef finally sliced some potatoes paper thin and fried them crisply and told the customer to stick them up his ass, so to say and they were a hit.

Plain because nothing else occurred to me, but I see no harm in, for example, some spicy mustard or hot sauce. Maybe next time.

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Originally posted by parabellum:

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Originally posted by IndyRob:
I must be the oddball here, I sprinkle mine with sugar.

Well, you're in Indiana, bless your heart.

That was very funny; I laughed three times going back to re-read it.

Dipped in ketchup.

I loves me some hushpuppies . Plain, if they're good. If they're good they need no dippin' in anything. Otherwise: Tomato ketchup. Tartar sauce would work, too.

Sugar?!?! Did somebody actually say "sugar?" That's just wrong.