Tar Heel Hush Puppies

Ingredients

• 1 pound fine corn meal
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• pinch of soda
• 1 cup buttermilk

Method

1. 1

   Mix all ingredients, adding water last to make batter a thick consistency.

2. 2

   Drop into fat.

3. 3

   Cook at 375 degrees until golden brown.

4. 4

   Serves 6.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Seafood cookery from Carteret County kitchens (1900) by N.C.) Home Demonstration Clubs (Carteret County, page 31. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

TAR HEEL HUSH PUPPIES The recipe for Tar Heel Hush Puppies used at the Sanitary Fish Mar- ket in Morehead City, and the recipe for which ‘‘Tony’’ Seamon is famous: 1 pound fine corn meal l egg 1 tablespoon salt 1 tablespoon sugar pinch of soda 1 cup buttermilk Mix all ingredients, adding water last to make batter a thick consis- tency. Drop into fat. Cook at 375 degrees until golden brown. Serves 6. Mrs. J. L. Seamon Crab Point Club 96 MAMMY’S CORN BREAD | couldn’t make cornbread fit to eat until my mother measured out her ingredients for me. My bread still isn’t as good as hers, but it is very tasty. All cooks in Hyde County heat their pans before adding the corn- bread mixture. This recipe does not call for any flour or (heaven forbid!) sugar. 1 cup sifted white corn meal Y% teaspoon salt (old fashioned water ground) % teaspoon soda Y% teaspoon baking powder 1 egg

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