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Back in the old days when gas was cheap enough that folks actually towed travel trailers behind their car, the parental units were big on 2-3 week vacations to various parts of the US. 3 years in a row we went to Tennessee/Kentucky to the TVA Land-Between-the-Lakes area. One of the first things we would do was head out for catfish and hushpuppy dinners. YUM.
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Well, I am a chef, pastry to be precise, and I can answer your hushpuppy questions.
According to the Lee Bros. Southern Cookbook, the football shaped are South Carolina style and the round ones are North Carolina style. North Carolina style are going to be lighter in texture than SC the style. I highly recommend buying the Lee Bros. Southern Cookbook if you like Low Country cookin. Here are the recipes from that book. http://www.amazon.com/Lee-Bros-South...reative=380797 (Using an SMC link... I hope)
NC Style
1c cornmeal
1c AP flour
1t baking soda
1t baking powder
.5t salt
2t sugar
.25c finely minced scallions
1t lemon zest
1 large egg
1c +2T buttermilk
oil for deep frying
Stir together the first eight ingredients. Beat the egg and mix it into the dry ingredients. Stir in the buttermilk slowly until you have a fexible and tacky batter.
Heat the oil in your best cast iron to 375f. Drop the batter into the pan by the spoonful. Fry for at least 3 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from the oil and place in a warm oven until ready to serve.
SC Style
1.25c cornmeal
.5c AP flour
.5t baking soda
.5t baking powder
1.5T sugar
.5t salt
.5t black pepper
3T minced scallions
1 egg
.5c plus 2T buttermilk
oil for frying.
Same exact process except you want to try to shape them into more of a football shape.
Good luck
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Scott,
If you like the hotdoggy style of hushpuppy. Nanny's is the place, it is on US 301 just south of Petersburg in Prince George County, I-95 exit 45. I don't know what part of Richmond you are in, but you couldn't be over a hours drive.
They even sell hushpuppy mix, perhaps you could reverse engineer it.
http://nannysbbq.com/store.htm
I like the hushpuppys there so much, I usually eat more of them than BBQ.
Gary
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When I've made hush puppies, they've always had too much of a hint of the baking soda/baking powder flavor. Is the way to avoid this to use less of the soda/powder or is there a cooking technique to fix this problem?
Hmmm, I always thought hushpuppies were square diced potatoes pan-fried with onion and maybe a few other spices...but I ain't from the South....
http://www.chitterlings.com/hush-puppies.html
Making 'em long would, I'd guess, require that you shape 'em that way before dropping 'em in the fry oil. That might require that you reduce the fluid some so you can roll the dough up on a cake frosting spreader type spatula and then with a second one roll it off into the oil PLOP.
Any decent tempura batter. The lighter the batter the better. Heavy batters just end up making a thick gooey cakey mess.some good onion rings
Slice Vidalia or large Spanish onions ('bout a quarter inch thick) swirl 'em in batter and drop the dipped rings into hot oil.
Chris, how can you have reached the ripe old age of 40 without ever having tasted a hushpuppy? You poor, poor dear. Good hushpuppies are just like little fried pieces of heaven. The potatoes you describe are hashbrowns (country fries, cottage fries, or breakfast 'taters). I can see the confusion of old age has already taken hold.
Not being from the South . . . bless your heart . . . you just don't know what you're missing.
Last edited by Belinda Barfield; 06-08-2009 at 8:34 PM.
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Excellent folks, thanks for sharing all that information! I've printed it out and we'll give it a try soon.
Gary, thanks for the tip on Nanny's. Never heard of it, but we've been known to drive for hours for a meal, so Petersburg for BBQ and Hushpuppies? That's a trip for lunch I can't wait for dinner
Chris........:::sighhh:::......now we understand a lot of California's problems
Belinda, think we can whip up a mess of Southern style food and ship it out to those deprived folks? Never had a hushpuppy?
That's like saying you never had a bike as a child!
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Everybody knows what to do with the devil but them that has him. My Grandmother
I had a guardian angel at one time, but my little devil got him drunk, tattooed, and left him penniless at a strip club. I have not had another angel assigned to me yet.
I didn't change my mind, my mind changed me.
Bella Terra
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Real name Steve but that name was taken on the forum. Used Middle name. Call me Steve or Scott, doesn't matter.
Next think y'all rednecks be talkin chittlins, pickled porks feet, and black eyed peas..........Just kiddin I love most southern cooked food.
If it ain't broke...fix it anyways...that's why you told your wife you needed all those tools.
My gramps' fav.....If you don't stop, you won't be stuck.
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Belinda, Nice thing about living in Florida is that we get tomatoes 2-3 times a year. I was just out to the farm yesterday picking some green ones to fry up! I also got a peck of sweet onions for onion rings. I think I'm eating too much fried food!
See - this is why I'll have to remain a Yankee.
As my mother would say "He's a fussy eater!".
I'm not sure I'm up to real southern cooking . . . I'm a steak and french fries kind of guy. I went to New Orleans on business ages ago and dined at NOLA (one of Emeril's restaurants) and had a STEAK. It was a good steak, but a steak. . . No cajun this or creole that - just a filet mignon steak.
There's no hope for me gastronomically
Cheers
Jim