Hush puppies

[TopHook]

Where does that name originate from. A lot of speculation around the name.

 

[TJHall1]

Hush the hounds.

 

[RollyInRaleigh]

 

[TopHook]

Yall really thing a hunting hound would be fooled by a ball of corn bread. Me yes, but a trained pro? No.

 

[RollyInRaleigh]

Ya’ll think it wasn’t worth a try? Some hounds can be fooled...

 

[TJHall1]

Yall really thing a hunting hound would be fooled by a ball of corn bread. Me yes, but a trained pro? No.

Who in this thread said it would be?

 

[TopHook]

Ya’ll think it wasn’t worth a try? Some hounds can be fooled...

It has also been proven to be a myth.

The Real History of Hushpuppies

Hushpuppies delicious, iconically Southern, and no one seems to have a clue where they came from. Which isn't to say that people haven't tried to explain their origin. Plenty have. The problem is that no one has really tried hard enough.

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[TJHall1]

It has also been proven to be a myth.

The Real History of Hushpuppies

Hushpuppies delicious, iconically Southern, and no one seems to have a clue where they came from. Which isn't to say that people haven't tried to explain their origin. Plenty have. The problem is that no one has really tried hard enough.

www.seriouseats.com

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Sniffing the Past is pleased to present its second guest contribution. David Doddington sheds light on the history of dogs and slavery, drawing heavily primary source material. In the “Peculiar Ins…

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So you already knew the answer? Sweet thread.

 

[TopHook]

So you already knew the answer? Sweet thread.

That's just something I found. There has to be other origins. Want to know.

 

[TJHall1]

That's just something I found. There has to be other origins. Want to know.

I didn't read any of whatever you linked, could you reveal how it was proven to be a myth?

 

[TopHook]

I didn't read any of whatever you linked, could you reveal how it was proven to be a myth?

It doesn't either its all opinions. I'd like to know if there any new ones or if somebody grand-mamy gave them a reason.

 

[TJHall1]

It doesn't either its all opinions. I'd like to know if there any new ones or if somebody grand-mamy gave them a reason.

So it hasn't been proven to be a myth?

 

[TopHook]

So it hasn't been proven to be a myth?

That's what I want to know. It says it a myth. The Carribian thing I would say is closest or anything from Africa.

Slaves and dogs makes a good story.

 

[TJHall1]

That's what I want to know. It says it a myth. The Carribian thing I would say is closest or anything from Africa.

Slaves and dogs makes a good story.

If I was running from a murderous pack of people with hounds I'd sure as hell try it, good story or not.

 

[Cre8ive]

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A pro hunting dog would grab the "hush puppie" and eat it on the run

 

[TopHook]

If I was running from a murderous pack of people with hounds I'd sure as hell try it, good story or not.

No doubt. Where is the term from?

 

[TJHall1]

No doubt. Where is the term from?

Hush the hounds.

 

[RollyInRaleigh]

That's just something I found. There has to be other origins. Want to know.

No you don’t...how about hoecakes...

 

[TopHook]

No you don’t...

Why don't I?

@Martin have you ever heard of this term in uganda?

 

[TJHall1]

In the South, the Salamander was often known as a “water dog” or “water puppy.” These were deep-fried with cornmeal and formed into sticks. It is said they were called hushpuppies because eating such lowly food was not something a southern wife would want known to her neighbors

 

[TopHook]

In the South, the Salamander was often known as a “water dog” or “water puppy.” These were deep-fried with cornmeal and formed into sticks. It is said they were called hushpuppies because eating such lowly food was not something a southern wife would want known to her neighbors

Yeah the articles are very condescending. So I doubt any of them know anything. Mommas got some old cook books I'll look through the. I bet gullah has a say in it.

 

[BamaRidger]

Pretty sure it was cowboys on cattle drives who came up with the term. They would throw them to their dogs to get them to shut the hell up so they could sleep.

 

[TJHall1]

It was an African cook in Atlanta who gave it to a dog while she was cooking and said hush puppy.
I think she was friends with the cowboys and the slaves, tho, so we figured it out.