SC - Corn rockets

[Elaine Koogler]

Nope, you're probably correct....this was just the story I was given as a child
when I asked about why they were called hush puppies!

Kiri

CBlackwill at aol.com wrote:

> 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?
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