I had fun making hush puppies today. I looked up the history of the hush puppy and I came up with all sorts or theories. One theory that I like was the one involving puppies.
According to several websites, cooks of old would cook fish and the puppies and dogs would go wild with desire for the fried fish. To hush the pups the cooks would make a simple fried mixture of cornmeal and water. They would then throw the ball of fried corn meal to the puppies and say, "Hush puppy".
I guess "hush doggies" doesn't have the same kind of ring.
