Hush Puppies

Brooklyn Fish Camp is a restaurant built for summer. And yesterday, before it got gray and cloudy (though not quite rainy), Craig and I adopted the summer spirit and sat outside on the Fish Camp benches, benches that reminded me of summer camp (minus the bullies). The sun beat down on half our table, and I angled my body to stay in the shady half. I was pretty sure I wanted mussels, a nice light lunch because I knew I was having a big dinner, and Craig wanted his usual trout BLT on focaccia bread. But then the waitress went and told us the specials and one of the specials was a side of hush puppies served with a lemon aioli. How could we say no to that? So we ordered those too.

The picture you see above is what she brought out. Hush puppies are basically corn meal fritters; a dough made from corn meal, eggs and milk. The lemon aioli was a nice touch, but the hush puppies were terrific on their own. I can’t think of a better beacon for summer: these should be an obligatory treat on Memorial Day. If you have a recipe, please share it in the comments!

11 thoughts on “Hush Puppies”

  1. Jean Brickell

    You got it wrong, a really good hushpuppy is crammed full of chopped onion, in fact it could be called an onion fritter. The second thing that is important is that it should be fried in the oil that fish was fried in. Now that is a real Southern Hushpuppy.

  2. Man, oh, man. Now I want some hushpuppies! I like mine with lots of onion, as well. I’m pretty sure my favorite ones also involve flour as well as cornmeal – so they’re a little less dense. Yummy!

  3. my lord those look tasty — you have once again kindled a crazy craving AG… they also look a lot like bacalao fritters, which are incredibly delicious – the next time you’re in a mood for tapaas I highly suggest you hunt some down. Cheers!

  4. I love BROOKLYN FISH CAMP!!!!! SUMMERTIME!!!!! Thanks for letting us know they’re FINALLY open for this long awaited summer!

  5. Sadly (or maybe not) our love for hushpuppies has made us fat. My wife and I. Hushpuppies and fried okra. We CANNOT get enough of them.

    I do have to comment that “lemon aioli” does NOT belong within 30 yards of a hushpuppy under anycircumstances.

  6. Sadly (or maybe not) our love for hushpuppies has made us fat. My wife and I. Hushpuppies and fried okra. We CANNOT get enough of them.

    I do have to comment that “lemon aioli” does NOT belong within 30 yards of a hushpuppy under anycircumstances.

  7. Sadly (or maybe not) our love for hushpuppies has made us fat. My wife and I. Hushpuppies and fried okra. We CANNOT get enough of them.

    I do have to comment that “lemon aioli” does NOT belong within 30 yards of a hushpuppy under anycircumstances.

  8. Sadly (or maybe not) our love for hushpuppies has made us fat. My wife and I. Hushpuppies and fried okra. We CANNOT get enough of them.

    I do have to comment that “lemon aioli” does NOT belong within 30 yards of a hushpuppy under anycircumstances.

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