Piping Hot Hush Puppies

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Piping Hot Hush Puppies

 

 

We ate a lot of cornmeal based foods when I was growing up because corn meal

was cheap. In fact, we could even take grain to the local mill and

have it ground into flour, meal, livestock feed, etc. Cornbread or biscuits

were almost always served at any meal I attended at many houses in the

neighborhood. They were usually pretty good too, although I preferred the

lighter tasting hush puppies. Eaten fresh out of the fryer, they practically

melted in your mouth. Here is my

recipe:

 

Ingredients:

2 cups yellow corn meal

1 cup plain flour (flour is what gave it the

lighter taste and you can experiment with the

amount you use if you want)

2 eggs

1 cup buttermilk (you can also use plain milk in

a pinch, but nothing compares to buttermilk)

3/4 teaspoon seasoned salt. I use Lawreys but just about any brand will work

as you are just looking for something to spice things up a little

1/2 teaspoon ground pepper blend (again, the idea is to spice things up a

little).

1 teaspoon baking powder

2/3 teaspoon baking soda

1/8 cup vegetable shortening.

 

You also need some type of cooking oil to deep fry these in. I usually use

Crisco oil although peanut oil and some of the lower fat oils work well too.

 

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 as a side dish with just about any meal.

 

After getting to Alaska, I visited a restaurant that also added yellow corn

to their hush puppies and a touch of sugar. If you want to give this a try,

precook the corn, but don't overcook it. Use 3/4 cups in the recipe above.

On top of that add 2 table spoons of white sugar. The recipe at the

restaurant in Alaska was so popular that customers often ordered side orders

to take home. I always though that it tasted pretty good.

 

You can also store this mixture in the refrigerator for a day or so if you

are only cooking for a smaller group. Before cooking let it reach near room

temperature.

 

Willie Crawford.

 

 

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