WanderFood Wednesday – Texas Fried Food
You might already know that I’m a Southern Gal. I was raised in New Jersey but I was born in Atlanta. I have extended family in the South and my mother was a great southern cook. We ate cornbread and corn pones and fried liver (blech).
Although I turn my head to most Southern cooking – there are still some things I must indulge in on occasion – such as fried food. And particularly hush puppies. (WHAT? You don’t know what hush puppies are?)
These friend balls of cornmeal batter are likely very bad for you – but they are SO good. Try ‘em next time you see them on a menu. They’re pictured above in the very upper right – the dark balls.
This was a meal we ordered at The Cotton Gin near Dallas. I’m sure my arteries are still suffering – but sometimes a Southern Gal’s just gotta have some home-like cookin’.
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My husband is from Wisconsin, but he absolutely love hush puppies. They actually serve a great version of them at the Farmer’s Diner in Middlebury, Vermont of all places.
I have a deep and abiding respect for fried food in all its myriad forms, arteries or no arteries!
Oooh I’ve never had hush puppies, but anything fried tends to be so good! Poor arteries, but hey – a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do!
Fun concept…can’t wait to go through all the posts!
Someone made me sweet hush puppies with fried bananas once – I still think about them
Yum! Love me some hush puppies! My fav naughty fried food treat is deep fried macaroni and cheese balls…oh god, so good!
Nice post, my wife has become quite serious with her healthy eating, especially in the last few years so we are constantly going to local farmers markets, vegetarian restaurants and even the odd vegetarian recipe book shop. Its exciting even if you’re not a vegan yourself, theres so much nice food to eat!