I love to eat fish. Unfortunately, hushpuppies (balls of fried cornmeal) frequently come with the meal in restaurants around here. I feel so bad wasting food, I want to give them away, but no one I know ever wants them. To top it off, there are always two of them.
I know they have their origins in the US south, but who actually likes these things? I can not think of a food that is as frequently served and is as frequently wasted (maybe the dill pickle spear that comes with a deli sandwich? I eat mine, but a lot of people I know don’t like warm mushy pickles)
How can you not like hushpuppies? That’s just insane.
There were plenty of times when I lived back east that I’d go to Long John Silvers and order a family size order of them along with a small order of fried clams and that would be my dinner. They’re ambrosial.
You can have my slaw though. I can’t stand that stuff and it’s the default side for too many platters. Bleh.
More hushpuppy love here. Especially jalapeno hushpuppies.
You can have my coleslaw, my baked beans, and anything with barbecue sauce on it. I’ll admit, though, I have sometimes rinsed off a barbecued cut of meat under a faucet. Hey, if I’m hungry and all the meat’s been covered in sickly-sweet smoky sauce, I improvise.
Spicy sauces are okay, but honey barbecue is an abomination in My eyes.
I will knock all these other people down to get your hushpuppies. I’m a veggie who doesn’t even like fish, but I will go into Treacher’s and order large hushpuppies and a large diet soda. Ummmmm…
When I’m out to eat by myself, the guacomole gets wasted. If I know it’s coming, I’ll ask them to leave it off, but it’s not always on the menu. Of course, if others are with me, I have to be careful not to get trampled in the rush when I ask who wants it.
You don’t like hushpuppies :eek: ? I am a New England transplant from the South that would love to have them again. Everyone I ever ate with loved them too.
Oh man what I wouldn’t give for some hush puppies right now. Those things rock!
(By the way, it’s possible that you could ask them to hold the hushpuppies to alleviate the guilt of wasting them, but you run the risk of being looked at like you have four heads. I mean, who doesn’t like hush puppies?)
Mmmmmm… Hushpuppies! Mr Neville and I wish we could get hushpuppies here in California. What’s not to like about hushpuppies? They’re yummy fried goodness.
Oh, and jalapeno hushpuppies sound really good. Now I’m hungry…
OMG I just read “jalapeno hushpuppies” and my mouth is totally watering.
I always waste rice in asian food restaurants and pasta in italian food restaurants. The best thing that ever happened to me was the low-carb craze because now I don’t get these looks like I’m completely insane when I say “no rice” or “no pasta, please.” A few years ago, no one did this and people thought I was a freak for not liking rice or pasta.
