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Er... "Hush Puppies" are shoes on this side of the Atlantic!!
https://www.hushpuppies.co.uk/
"Two nations, divided by a common language"!!
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We have Hush Puppies shoes too, but the eatin kind are usually served with seafood in the South.
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(06-07-2019, 11:34 PM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Grits are good with a little butter and sugar. I learned to eat them when we moved to Florida in 1950 and they came with every meal, like french fries up north lol
Man did we hijack this thread. The good news is the original post is from June 2018, and I'm pretty sure the op has had his first service by now.
"I'll have some hot buttered grits to go with that first service."
Ooooo, yeah baby!
(Did I say we don't get grits in Canada?)
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(06-08-2019, 12:02 AM)Lord Popgun_imp Wrote: We have Hush Puppies shoes too, but the eatin kind are usually served with seafood in the South.
I call them onion balls
grits are an acquired taste. Like beer or alcohol. I ended up liking grits, but never acquired the taste for beer or alcohol.
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(06-07-2019, 11:25 PM)Bazbro_imp Wrote: Now, "grits' is another matter...
Curious, I tried some at a breakfast stop in N.Carolina... ghastly!!
As has since been explained to me, they needed salt/sugar/honey or something to make them palatable. A shame the waitress didn't explain that me at the time.
I do know what you say about grits , I could not eat it either , when the waitress told me that you have to put a lot of things on it to make it palatable I told her : if you put enough sweet things on dog poo you can make it palatable ! She just walked away ….
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Hush puppies are onion balls?
We have deep fried onion balls with Indian food - they're called "onion bhajis" and very tasty they are too!
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They’re not onion balls. But has chopped onions in them. They are made of corn meal primarily. Its a batter, then deep fat fried. Crunchy on the outside and not crunchy on the inside. Usually shaped like t**ds.
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Sounds tasty, irrespective of their turd-like appearance!!
Onion Bhajis are slices of onion in a paste and deep fried.
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(06-08-2019, 03:18 AM)Bazbro_imp Wrote: Sounds tasty, irrespective of their turd-like appearance!!
Onion Bhajis are slices of onion in a paste and deep fried.
Onion Bhajis - the orange/brown turd-like objects - yeah, they are incredibly amazing, especially with the coriander dip. Mmmm.
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