Banana Nut Hushpuppies
I have decided anyone can make up recipes. I did it today by mistake. Mom and dad have said they like the banana nut bread I make so I was going to make a couple of loaves. Instead I had enough bananas for one loaf. Okay, so I dig out my wonderful Richard Henry’s recipe, the ingredients and pull the flour and baking soda from the refrigerator. The last time Chick fried fish (last Monday) to take to mom and dad he put the flour and the cornmeal in the refrigerator so we wouldn’t hatch little beetles.
I dig out the container marked “flour” chop up the pecans, and mash the bananas and put all the other ingredients in. Flour is added last in this recipe. Oh, I could nearly taste it and knew mom and dad would enjoy a slice of this loaf of bread in the morning with their coffee. I poured the cup and ½ of flour into the mixture, buttered the loaf dish and poured up the larruping mixture. Then I set the timer and laid down for an hour to nap on the couch with my little dog Molly while our delicious smelling Banana Nut bread baked.
Ring! Ring! The timer went off. I got up and took the loaf out of the oven. I couldn't wait to sample it. I waited a few minutes and realized it needed to set a little longer. Back into the oven –turned the dial off, laid back down, and 15 minutes later checked it again.
Now it was firm. I cut a slice and partake of it, nearly salivating from the anticipation. Hummmm, it tasted strangely like hush puppies or a fish fry. I wondered where that came from. I took another bite just as my dear husband came in the back door. I thought it still tasted like fish; he grabbed a slice and thought it tasted fine. The texture was sort of mealy. I asked what he put in the container marked flour and he said, “Flour,of course”. I took another bite - - still tasted like I had stopped at Hutchins’s for fish and was eating Banana Nut Catfish.
Ummmmm, could it be? I said, “Chick did you put the hush puppy mix away that the boys bought you for Christmas?” He said, “Yes” and I said “Where did you put it?” He said, “No wonder the banana nut bread tastes like hush puppies. No, I will not take the new recipe to mom’s though some people might enjoy it. You’re thinking, “Does’t she know the difference between flour texture and cornmeal texture?” This is a special kind of mix with both flour and meal from the Oouchita Mountains. I'll bet the Oouchita Mountain people would get a kick out of this. Uh oh, I wonder! Would anyone want this recipe for Banana Nut Hush puppies? Might win a Blue Ribbon at the Fair!
I dig out the container marked “flour” chop up the pecans, and mash the bananas and put all the other ingredients in. Flour is added last in this recipe. Oh, I could nearly taste it and knew mom and dad would enjoy a slice of this loaf of bread in the morning with their coffee. I poured the cup and ½ of flour into the mixture, buttered the loaf dish and poured up the larruping mixture. Then I set the timer and laid down for an hour to nap on the couch with my little dog Molly while our delicious smelling Banana Nut bread baked.
Ring! Ring! The timer went off. I got up and took the loaf out of the oven. I couldn't wait to sample it. I waited a few minutes and realized it needed to set a little longer. Back into the oven –turned the dial off, laid back down, and 15 minutes later checked it again.
Now it was firm. I cut a slice and partake of it, nearly salivating from the anticipation. Hummmm, it tasted strangely like hush puppies or a fish fry. I wondered where that came from. I took another bite just as my dear husband came in the back door. I thought it still tasted like fish; he grabbed a slice and thought it tasted fine. The texture was sort of mealy. I asked what he put in the container marked flour and he said, “Flour,of course”. I took another bite - - still tasted like I had stopped at Hutchins’s for fish and was eating Banana Nut Catfish.
Ummmmm, could it be? I said, “Chick did you put the hush puppy mix away that the boys bought you for Christmas?” He said, “Yes” and I said “Where did you put it?” He said, “No wonder the banana nut bread tastes like hush puppies. No, I will not take the new recipe to mom’s though some people might enjoy it. You’re thinking, “Does’t she know the difference between flour texture and cornmeal texture?” This is a special kind of mix with both flour and meal from the Oouchita Mountains. I'll bet the Oouchita Mountain people would get a kick out of this. Uh oh, I wonder! Would anyone want this recipe for Banana Nut Hush puppies? Might win a Blue Ribbon at the Fair!
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