Extra Credit Questions

[Jim Page]

(04-06-2013 04:20 PM)J. Beckert Wrote:  I'm trying to figure out what a hush puppy is.

Hey!

Hush puppies are round bits of fried dough that you give the dogs/puppies instead of the fish, oysters or shrimp or whatever else you are frying!

I love 'em. Some of the best-- unfortunately, no longer available in the Washington, DC, area-- were offered at the Chesapeake Seafood House restaurants years ago. They also had wonderful gumbo served in a coffee cup.

I've tried for years to get my wife, Patty, to include bits of onion in her delicious hush puppies but, for some reason, she considers that an affront to true Southern cooking and refuses to do it!!! She also won't include oysters in her Thanksgiving turkey dressing/stuffing. She'll sometimes make a small amount for me that includes oysters, but she also considers that non-traditional Southern fare.

--Jim