Justin Wilson's Hush Puppies

Recipe Ingredients

2 cups	125g / 4.4oz	Cornmeal
		Ground cayenne pepper
1 cup	62g / 2.2oz	Plain flour
2		Eggs - beaten
1 teaspoon	5ml	Baking powder
1 cup	237ml	Buttermilk
1 teaspoon	5ml	Salt
1 cup	62g / 2.2oz	Green onion - finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Soda
2 tablespoons	30ml	Bacon drippings - hot
1/2 cup	73g / 2.6oz	Parsley - finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Garlic powder - (to taste)
		Deep fat for frying

Recipe Instructions

Combine all dry ingredients. Add eggs, buttermilk, onions, and oil or bacon drippings. Mix well. Drop in deep hot fat by spoonfuls and brown on all sides. Now, I said above that this makes 48, I've never counted, so I don't know for sure. But it sure does make a bunch.

Justin Wilson says, "Hush puppy is an old Southern term that originated after the Civil War. People didn't have enough for themselves to eat let alone feed their dogs, so when the old hounds started barking from hunger, they would throw pieces of fried corn bread to them, yelling, 'Shut up, dog! Hush puppy!"

Source:
Mothers in New Orleans

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