Real definition of Hush puppies

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Someone might be jerking me, but someone once said to me, the term hush puppies is from when soldiers at war would use cyanide in cornbread balls and feed them to the enemies dogs. I didn't know how true this was until I just looked it up.

Long johns silvers has hush puppies as side dish.

Something interesting imo.

It might be partially true, don't know about the cyanide part, but it would seem sensible to do so back in the day of war.

From the wiki:

Other hush puppy legends purport to date the etymology of the term "hushpuppies" to the Civil War, in which soldiers are claimed to have tossed fried cornbread to quell the barks of Confederate dogs.[5][6][dubious – discuss]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hushpuppy#Etymology

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[QuestionAuthority]

It's true - I was there.

I make this joke because I was talking to my son recently about my being in the army long ago and he said, "wow, which one, confederate or union."   

[pekv2]

It's true - I was there.

I make this joke because I was talking to my son recently about my being in the army long ago and he said, "wow, which one, confederate or union."   

Lol, being a little smartarse. Tis ok, you haven't laughed hard enough till you heard a kid call someone an old batalax. Something you don't hear often.

[QuestionAuthority]

It's true - I was there.

I make this joke because I was talking to my son recently about my being in the army long ago and he said, "wow, which one, confederate or union."   

Lol, being a little smartarse. Tis ok, you haven't laughed hard enough till you heard a kid call someone an old batalax. Something you don't hear often.

Oh he's always been a smartass. He is MY child after all. LOL

Never heard a kid say that but when he's really pissed at me because I've taken the car keys he has called me, "an old grey mule."