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Hushpuppy
Den første registrerede brug af ordet "hush-puppy" stammer fra 1899. Navnet tilskrives ofte jægere, fiskere eller andre kokke, som stegte en basiskornmelblanding (muligvis en blanding, som de havde paneret eller pisket deres egen mad med) og fodrede deres hunde med den for at "tysse hvalpene" under madlavning eller fiskefrikadeller. Andre legender daterer udtrykket til borgerkrigen, hvor konfødererede soldater angiveligt skulle have kastet stegt majsbrød for at dæmpe deres hundes gøen.
Hushpuppy
The first recorded use of the word "hush-puppy" dates to 1899. The name is often attributed to hunters, fishermen, or other cooks who would fry some basic cornmeal mixture (possibly that they had been bread-coating or battering their own food with) and feed it to their dogs to "hush the puppies" during cook-outs or fish-fries. Other legends date the term to the Civil War, in which Confederate soldiers are said to have tossed fried cornbread to quell the barks of their dogs.
Hushpuppy