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Sanitary Fish Market Hush Puppies
 
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Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 5 Minutes
Ready In: 15 Minutes
Servings: 6
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.
By RecipeOfHealth.com