23.05.12

This week I reached out for a 99-cent "Dollar Stretcher" pattern of six hush puppies, the unsung hero of the seafarin' side-dish assiduity, at America's No. 1 fishmonger drive-through, Long John Melodious 's, with 1,200 restaurants from sea to shining sea.

Hush puppies are, simply put - yet so elegantly scrumptious - fried cornmeal balls. They're not health food. Wait, I already said they were amusing.

One story of how the dish got its name has Confederate soldiers feeding cornmeal balls to their dogs to keep them retired - "hush, puppies" - so enemy forces wouldn't ascertain them.

Who cares? They're greasy, they taste like fried corn muffins, they're filler, they go great with fried fish … and they're addictive.

Here's the blueprint: Cornmeal hybrid with milk, eggs, salt, pepper and garlic, and tossed in the deep-fryer. Let them chilly first!

Total calories: 60 (per pup). Fat grams: 2.5. Sodium: 200 mg. Carbs: 9 g. Fiber: 1 g. Producer's suggested retail price: six for 99 cents. Your mileage may restyle.

Source: Houston Chronicle

by Christina Pirello

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by Erin

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