Forget about hushpuppies. How did my Grandmother make those flat, delcious fried hoecakes that we always ate with the day's catch?
My Grandma used to make one big hoe cake the size of an iron frying pan. And we'd have rice and stewed tomatoes as a side dish. Man I'd love to have a slice of that hoecake now!
Not sure about your Grandmother, but my Grandma claimed that hers were just cornmeal mixed with water to about the consistency of pancake batter, and then fried in a cast iron skillet.
I will tell you that I've tried it, and most of mine don't come out near as good as I remember hers tasting.
Now my Grandpa used to make a breakfast hoecake that was a skillet-sized biscuit baked on top of the stove. I can't make those at all.