SC - Corn rockets

[CBlackwill at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/5/00 7:03:48 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
ekoogler at chesapeake.net writes:

> Sounds a lot like hush puppies...a similar concoction that was originally
>  invented to keep the dogs quiet while their owners ate dinner.  My aunt in 
> south
>  Georgia used to make the best ones I've ever eaten...she put a little 
minced
>  onion in them!

To keep the dogs from barking/whining on Civil War battlefields, and thereby 
giving away the soldiers' positions, I believe...  Could be wrong, but I 
don't think so.

Balthazar of Blackmoor

Mr. Wizard, what happens when you combine pasta and antipasta?