Hush Puppy!

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.

What's For Breakfast?

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. I know that but I don't always live like it is. On the weekend I have more time to slow down and make a wonderful breakfast for my family. Unfortunately, sleeping in, just sounds like a better idea.

When I surface from my slumber, I do enjoy making a lovely pancake breakfast. My daughter could eat pancakes for breakfast and lunch everyday if I let her. I enjoy great pancakes too and I have since I was a little girl.

I don't have any reason to reinvent the wheel. There are so many pancake mixes out there on the grocery store shelves. Hungry Jack is a favorite of mine when I can get it. Today, I had some and was delighted to make some for my hungry family.

Let's go have our morning coffee and then cook some pancakes. It'll be fun!