tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post2516851177932094244..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Hushpuppies (no, not the shoes)Ken Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-82771687506497574082008-12-09T16:23:00.000+01:002008-12-09T16:23:00.000+01:00I have learned a lot through this post and its com...I have learned a lot through this post and its comments.<BR/>I was introduced to both "hushpuppies" and Po'Boys on my first business trip down in New Orleans. Didn't know what they were but did try them. I loved dipping the hushpuppies in Tobasco sauce afterwards.<BR/><BR/>Growing up I had fried bread as described by Autolycus ( no lard but oil mixed with butter) on Sunday mornings when my dad made breakfast for the kids. He was a young lad in the British Army in WWII and I guess that's where he got to know it.<BR/><BR/>Rice with milk and sugar was our substitute supper when my sister and I did like what was on our dinner plate. Couldn't get away w/o a meal :-)<BR/><BR/>It's a small world, isn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-89224024074683565232008-12-09T16:10:00.000+01:002008-12-09T16:10:00.000+01:00The post was so great and has me wanting to sneak ...The post was so great and has me wanting to sneak out for cajun at lunch, but did you have to mention Sooners? That is still hard for this Longhorn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-35642445049530099952008-12-09T15:26:00.000+01:002008-12-09T15:26:00.000+01:00Those hushpuppies look perfect. I'm so glad that y...Those hushpuppies look perfect. I'm so glad that you have the Paris store in Blois to supply you with cornmeal. I like the idea of a little bit of onion in the pup, plus I suppose that wee bit of sugar is OK.<BR/><BR/>My father who was born in 1898 had a diet quite different from ours today. He never liked rice except as a cereal with milk and sugar. He did like oysters, but didn't have shrimp growing up.<BR/><BR/>My husband's family preferred rice over potatoes which was quite different from my family's diet of vegetables, chicken and pork mostly. There were always potatoes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-42787073455625748232008-12-09T14:30:00.000+01:002008-12-09T14:30:00.000+01:00Well I suppose it's better than calling it the Uns...Well I suppose it's better than calling it the Unsanitary Fish Market...!<BR/><BR/>Beignets, poffertjes, even doughnuts as we know them in the UK: now I know what sort of territory we're in!<BR/><BR/>We have fried bread too, though just a slice of ordinary wheat bread fried flat in a pan. Fried in lard, of course; one needs something substantial to set one up for the day...Autolycushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17642868944400656922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-61009749964063091002008-12-09T14:13:00.000+01:002008-12-09T14:13:00.000+01:00Bonjour Mme Marron, oui, je suis heureux comme un ...Bonjour Mme Marron, oui, je suis heureux comme un clam depuis que j'ai trouvé de la farine de maïs au Paris Store de Blois. Maintenant je peux me faire du cornbread ou des tais-toi-petit-chien quand je veux ! Did you live in N.C. or were you from farther afield? How much time did you spend in Carteret County? I get the impression that you live in France now, like me. I grew up on Evans Street in Morehead about 9 blocks west of the Sanitary. I worked at Dee Gee's for several summers when I was in high school and college.<BR/><BR/>Bonjour Judy, nous n'avions pas ce genre de sandwich en Caroline du Nord, alors il n'a pas de nom dans mon dialecte. Si ce n'est des "heroes"... What we had was hamburgers, clamburgers, oysterburgers, and shrimpburgers, along with sausage sandwiches (with mayonnaise on them). And BLTs. No subs, no grinders, no heroes even. Po'Boy is a Louisiana term, n'est-ce pas? We also had pimento-cheese and banana-and-mayonnaise samwitches when I was little.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-5408266067221825622008-12-09T12:55:00.000+01:002008-12-09T12:55:00.000+01:00Having grown up in New England and New Jersey, I h...Having grown up in New England and New Jersey, I had NO idea what the heck <I>hushpuppies</I> were when I first saw them on a menu out here in St. Louis. I had also never seen grits, (deep) fried chicken, biscuits and gravy, or onion rings on a menu in a real restaurant (i.e. not KFC). <BR/><BR/>What do they call big sandwiches on long rolls down in NC? When I saw them listed as <I>Po' Boys</I> on the school menu, I said, "What??" We called them <I>subs</I> in NJ and <I>grinders</I> in New England.<BR/><BR/>JudySeine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-45784684369825459262008-12-09T08:49:00.000+01:002008-12-09T08:49:00.000+01:00I grew up going to the Sanitary Fish Market when m...I grew up going to the Sanitary Fish Market when my family went to the beach in the summer. I remember sitting in their dining room, in a ladder back chair, long rows of tables and paper place mats with illustrations of local history or fishing stories...and having the fried fish platter complete, of course, with hush puppies. My Yankee husband and my daughters don't really understand why I can get starry-eyed about hush puppies. Sounds like you can, though! I'll have to look for the ingredients today when I go to our local LeClerc.Stephanie Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18159079842569645592noreply@blogger.com