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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Hush Puppies #138165 01/28/2005 6:01 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA We are about to leave for a week in Texas, where I look forward to eating many things which are not good for me. One of those is hush puppies. Where do you suppose this name for globs of deep-fried cornbread arose and how and why? Bonus question: Why is it that anything tastes good once it has been deep-fried? Cardboard, shoe leather, twigs, tennis balls? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Hush Puppies #138166 01/28/2005 6:12 PM Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 389 Rhode Island, USA Owlbow enthusiast Owlbow enthusiast Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 389 Rhode Island, USA Because they look like the shoes? Enjoy your visit. I found this, http://www.foodreference.com/html/fhushpuppies.htm Do you think it's right? Tell us when you get back what the real scoop is. edit: Don't humans crave the taste of sugar, salt and fat as a survival mechanism, (a very redundant one for some well fed sectors of the population)? edit #2: and this lead from our esteemed Dr. Bill: http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-hus1.htm edit #3:'sorry about the 1st link. The 2nd says the same and more anyhow. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Hush Puppies #138167 01/29/2005 12:21 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... I couldn't get the first link to open, but the second one was worth reading. The only explanation I've ever heard was that hush puppies were so called because the cornbread balls would keep the dogs quiet while the cooking went on in the kitchen. Hush puppies take on variations, one of which includes onions and green chile peppers. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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