Very few of us here in the UK have ever heard of a food called a "Hush Puppies", (let alone tried one!)
So for the uninitiated British here is the history of these American delicacies and of course, the recipe.

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What is a "Hush Puppy" & Where Did It Originate...

"Hush Puppy, a small sausage-shaped fritter made from white cornmeal, milk, water, and chopped onions, fried in fat which has been used for frying fish. Its origins are obscure, but it seems to have originated in Florida before 1920. According to legend it was devised by hunters, who would throw an occasional fritter to their hunting dogs to keep them quiet. However, public outdoor fish frying sessions were common in Florida, and it is plausible to suppose that the hush puppy came into being at these, wether or not it owes its name to the ability to quieten hungry dogs." The Oxford Companion to Food, Alan Davidson (p. 390-391) "Hush puppies seem to have originated in the day-long hunting and fishing expeditions popular among Southern men a few generations ago. Cooking their catch over an open fire was part of their enjoyment of the day...as a side dish they fried little cornmeal cakes in the pan they had used for the fish, and when the meal was over the leftovers went to the tied-up, yelping dogs, presumable with the cry "Hush, puppies." The name first appears in print in 1918, but probably was used much earlier."
---Rare Bits: Unusual Origins of Popular Recipes, Patricia Bunning Stevens (p. 139).

"Hush puppies--golden-brown puffs invented to shush up the barking puppies at an outdoor feast; made by putting corn-bread batter into deep fat."
---American Heritage Cookbook, American Heritage Magazine, (p. 128)

"The origin of hush puppies sounds like an urban legend, but the same explanation pops up again and again in cookbooks, as well as in the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. Back in the day, the dudes who were gathered around the campfire for a fish fry would take the cornmeal leftover from preparing catfish, fry it up in little balls and toss 'em to the dogs tosilence their whining. Get it? Hush, puppies."
---Willamette Week

"It is said that the hushpuppy got its name from the dredging of the catfish that would have been thrown out. Being thrifty, the cook from the house would send this down to the slave quarters and the women added a little milk, egg and onion and fried it up. It is said they were tossed at the dogs to keep them quiet while the food was being transferred from the pot to the table, i.e., "hush puppy! hush puppy!"
---A History of Soul Food

Here is the basic Recipe for Hush Puppies

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