"UglyDan®©T" wrote in message
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(Doug Kanter) wrote :-) I'd rather slam my tube steak in a car
door. Or, go fishing!


Perish the thought, Go fishing!
BTW, You owe me a keyboard. UD

I owe you a keyboard????? Why's that? :-)

On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 20:04:29 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

"UglyDan®©T" wrote in message
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Fresh water fishing in Puerto Rico?? UD

Good info on the lakes:
http://www.rainforestsafari.com/Fishing.html



...and...good info on why to be really careful around fresh water lakes down
the
http://www.who.int/inf-fs/en/fact115.html


Never went in the water! Now I'm glad!!!

Thanks for the URL's, brought back some nice memories. I was 8-11 years old when
my dad was in the Air Force down there.

John
On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD

UglyDan®©™ wrote:

Jiffy corn muffin mix, Instead of baking, Throw it in your Fry Baby, Fry
Daddy or whatever you heat oil up in.

I'd suggest adding some finely diced onion, preferably wild onion or ramps.
Used to be relatively common in restaurant hushpuppies but now it is going
the way of sweet iced tea. The South apparently is not going to rise again
after all.....

DSK

I don't know about Doug's recipe, but for a store bought mix, I
strongly suggest 'House of Autry'. It's excellent by itself, but I
like to add some chopped jalapeno's. Their seafood breading mix is
also very good. It's light and doesn't change the taste of fish
from being overloaded with spices like other brands.

If you do try 'House of Autry' hush puppy mix, I suggest you back
off a wee bit from their suggestion of how much water to add. If you
don't, it can be a bit to runny and is hard to get a decent shape on
them as you scoop them into the oil. Since they cook so quick, you
can snack on them as you're working hard at that fish-fry. :^)

I understand your 'boo'boo' for not getting that recipe from your
mom, but I was wondering if you had any old cookbooks of hers or if
another family member might. It's just possible she wrote that
recipe down before she had it committed to memory.

-JimL



JohnH wrote:
When I was a kid, my dad would take me fishing at one of the fresh water lakes
in Puerto Rico. We would catch a washtub full of catfish and have a fish fry for
the neighborhood that afternoon. My mother would fix hush puppies to go with the
catfish. They were the best hp's I've ever had, and I've not been able to
duplicate them. I can't even come close!

Question: Who has a fantastic hush puppy recipe? Next, what is the recipe. My
mom died several years ago, and one of my biggest boo-boos was my failure to get
that recipe.

Help!

John
On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD

JohnH wrote:
When I was a kid, my dad would take me fishing at one of the fresh water lakes
in Puerto Rico. We would catch a washtub full of catfish and have a fish fry for
the neighborhood that afternoon. My mother would fix hush puppies to go with the
catfish. They were the best hp's I've ever had, and I've not been able to
duplicate them. I can't even come close!

Question: Who has a fantastic hush puppy recipe? Next, what is the recipe. My
mom died several years ago, and one of my biggest boo-boos was my failure to get
that recipe.

Help!

John
On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD

You mean they're not shoes from the 60s?? or is this your joke about
boil catfish with & shoe for 2 hours; add salt, then eat the shoe??

K

Doesn't do me any good at all. I say hush to my puppy all the time
but it does not work.

JohnH wrote:

When I was a kid, my dad would take me fishing at one of the fresh water lakes
in Puerto Rico. We would catch a washtub full of catfish and have a fish fry for
the neighborhood that afternoon. My mother would fix hush puppies to go with the
catfish. They were the best hp's I've ever had, and I've not been able to
duplicate them. I can't even come close!

Question: Who has a fantastic hush puppy recipe? Next, what is the recipe. My
mom died several years ago, and one of my biggest boo-boos was my failure to get
that recipe.

Help!

John
On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD

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JimL wrote:
I don't know about Doug's recipe, but for a store bought mix, I
strongly suggest 'House of Autry'. It's excellent by itself, but I
like to add some chopped jalapeno's.

I know people who also like to add some finely chopped onion...and/or
some fresh or frozen corn kernels.


Their seafood breading mix is
also very good. It's light and doesn't change the taste of fish
from being overloaded with spices like other brands.

Sounds like it would be great for fried okra--another purely southern
delight...why, btw, is nothing like boiled okra, which is dreadful.


I understand your 'boo'boo' for not getting that recipe from your
mom, but I was wondering if you had any old cookbooks of hers or if
another family member might. It's just possible she wrote that
recipe down before she had it committed to memory.

If she cooked like my grandmother (an AL farm gal) did, it's
doubtful...'cuz Grandma was a "pinch of this" and a "handful of that"
cook. One of my uncles was determined to get her "recipe" for cornbread
(REAL southern cornbread, not the gawdawful stuff that most yankees and
city folk eat that isn't even close)...the only way to do it was by
following her around the kitchen each time he was around when she made
it, grabbing and measuring her pinches and handfuls till he came up with
the average amounts. Then he'd make some to find out how close it was to
hers. It took him several years of doing that, but he finally nailed it
and then gave the recipe to everyone in the family.

Peggie
----------
Peggie Hall
Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987
Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and
Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor"
http://shop.sailboatowners.com/detai...=400&group=327

http://www.seaworthy.com/html/get_ri...oat_odors.html

Peggie Hall wrote:

JimL wrote:
I don't know about Doug's recipe, but for a store bought mix, I
strongly suggest 'House of Autry'. It's excellent by itself, but I
like to add some chopped jalapeno's.

I know people who also like to add some finely chopped onion...and/or
some fresh or frozen corn kernels.


Onion is great in hushpuppies.


Their seafood breading mix is
also very good. It's light and doesn't change the taste of fish
from being overloaded with spices like other brands.

Sounds like it would be great for fried okra--another purely southern
delight...why, btw, is nothing like boiled okra, which is dreadful.


Boiled okra transcends dreadful. It smells funky, too, and it has a
slime-covered texture. But fried okra is great.




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Peggie Hall wrote:

JimL wrote:
I don't know about Doug's recipe, but for a store bought mix, I
strongly suggest 'House of Autry'. It's excellent by itself, but I
like to add some chopped jalapeno's.

I know people who also like to add some finely chopped onion...and/or
some fresh or frozen corn kernels.


Their seafood breading mix is
also very good. It's light and doesn't change the taste of fish
from being overloaded with spices like other brands.

Sounds like it would be great for fried okra--another purely southern
delight...why, btw, is nothing like boiled okra, which is dreadful.


I understand your 'boo'boo' for not getting that recipe from your
mom, but I was wondering if you had any old cookbooks of hers or if
another family member might. It's just possible she wrote that
recipe down before she had it committed to memory.

If she cooked like my grandmother (an AL farm gal) did, it's
doubtful...'cuz Grandma was a "pinch of this" and a "handful of that"
cook. One of my uncles was determined to get her "recipe" for cornbread
(REAL southern cornbread, not the gawdawful stuff that most yankees and
city folk eat that isn't even close)...the only way to do it was by
following her around the kitchen each time he was around when she made
it, grabbing and measuring her pinches and handfuls till he came up with
the average amounts. Then he'd make some to find out how close it was to
hers. It took him several years of doing that, but he finally nailed it
and then gave the recipe to everyone in the family.

Peggie
----------
Peggie Hall
Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987
Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and
Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor"
http://shop.sailboatowners.com/detai...=400&group=327

http://www.seaworthy.com/html/get_ri...oat_odors.html



For those who are really interested:

("hVS "pVpI) [f. hush v.1 + puppy n.]
1. U.S. (See quots.)
1918 Dialect Notes V. 18 Hushpuppy, a sort of bread prepared very
quickly and without salt. 1942 M. K. Rawlings Cross Creek Cookery 28
Fresh-caught fried fish without hush puppies are as men without women.
1947 This Week Mag. (U.S.) 4 Oct. 27/1 What's a hush puppy? You mean you
don't know that Southern fried bread like a miniature corn pone—but
glorified? It's made of the white cornmeal of the South, smooth and fine
as face powder. 1960 Harper's Bazaar July 48 Crisp, brown ‘hush
puppies’, crunchy morsels of deep-fried cornmeal batter. 1964 Cookbk.
(Amer. Heritage) (1967) 220 Hush Puppies are usually served with fried
fish. 1967 Daily News (N.Y.) 5 Mar. ii. 4 I'm going to eat
hush-puppies, wear a snuffler and every night sing ‘Silent Night’.


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On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 18:12:18 -0500, DSK wrote:



UglyDan®©™ wrote:

Jiffy corn muffin mix, Instead of baking, Throw it in your Fry Baby, Fry
Daddy or whatever you heat oil up in.

I'd suggest adding some finely diced onion, preferably wild onion or ramps.
Used to be relatively common in restaurant hushpuppies but now it is going
the way of sweet iced tea. The South apparently is not going to rise again
after all.....

DSK
Thanks. My back yard gets full of the damn things every spring. Now I know what
to do with 'em.

John
On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD