Hush Puppies Origin Slavery Snopes. Thanks to the many feuds he became the centre of attraction. These days no nonsense hushpuppies can be found as far as mel s fish shack in los angeles and snappy s shrimp in chicago.
The croquettes became popular throughout the south and the name hush puppy came later. Pigskin is considered one of the most durable leathers and the government was interested in its use in gloves and other protective materials for soldiers. The first recorded use of the word hush puppy dates to 1899.
The croquettes became popular throughout the south and the name hush puppy came later.
Slaves planning to escape in the wee hours of the night would prepare a concoction of cornmeal milk eggs and okra which was fried and then thrown to the slaveowners dogs as a means to quieten them. The story goes that they derived their name from old fishing and hunting expeditions when the white folks ate to repletion the negro help ate beyond repletion 1 and the hunting dogs already fed smelled the delectable odors of human rations and howled for the things the remaining cornmeal patties to the dogs calling hush puppies and the dogs devouring them could ask no more of. The croquettes became popular throughout the south and the name hush puppy came later. Pigskin is considered one of the most durable leathers and the government was interested in its use in gloves and other protective materials for soldiers.
