Sanitary Fish Market Hush Puppies |
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Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 5 Minutes |
Ready In: 15 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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The Sanitary Fish Market was a well known restaurant in Morehead City, NC for many years. I ate there several times as a teen ager 50+ years ago. This is the recipe for their famous hush puppies published in Seafood Cookery a cookbook from Carteret County, NC. Ingredients:
1 lb fine cornmeal |
1 tablespoon salt |
1 pinch baking soda |
1 egg |
1 tablespoon sugar |
1 cup buttermilk |
water, as needed |
Directions:
1. Mix all of the ingredients except water to make batter of a thick consistency. If batter is too thick, add water, a Tbs at a time until batter is thinned a little.
2. Preheat a deep fat fryer with vegetable oil in it up to 375 degrees F. Drop dough by Tbs into fat and cook until golden brown. Serves 6.
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