Wallykins asks:
<< 1- what are hush puppies and peach cobbler?
Hush puppies are when you take corn meal, buttermilk, eggs, onions, and some
garlic powder all mixed together, then you drop a about a table spoon of the
mix into
a deep hot frier of oil for a few minutes til golden brown. They're kind of
like a little fried ball of corn bread.
In case anyone was wondering where the term "hush puppy" came from, I was
always told that it was from the Civil War. The soldiers would set up camp
somewhere in the woods, and they would cook these little patties of corn
meal. To keep their dogs from barking, they would silence them by throwing
them one of these fried balls of corn meal and say "hush puppy". I am not
making this up!!!!
A cobbler is a deep-dish fruit dessert with a thick top crust. Mom used to
make it with peaches, but other kinds of fruits can be used. There are lots
of different recipes for cobblers, and I don't remember how Mom made hers. I
do remember making a peach cobbler in Boy Scouts, using a dutch oven (and no
Marcel, a dutch oven isn't when you fart in bed and pull the covers over your
wife's head :~)
2- do you think that southerners use so much frying because of
african-american influence? >>
That's a good question, and you might be right about the african - american
influence.
Glad I could help.
Jimmy, all ready for supper
