[SouthDixie]

oooh Yummy!

Hushpuppies are a distinctly Southern food, although they are now available throughout America on the menus of fried-fish fast food restaurants. The name “hushpuppies” is often attributed to hunters or fisherman who would quickly fry corn meal and feed it to their dogs to “hush the puppies” during cook outs or fish frys.

[Ditter]

Hunters and fishermen?

I thought the term “hush puppies” came from the servants who walked from the outdoor kitchen to the main house carrying food.