Corn Dodgers

[zeke]

Okay most any John Wayne fan may have heard of "corn dodgers". How many have actually eaten/made any? The next batch will likely have some type of peppers mixed in, for perfect take along range snack.

 

[78bagger]

Ok you got me. I remember the reference, but not sure of the recipe. Is it a cornbread thing?

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Us Southern boys generally prefer Hush Puppies.
The main difference appears to be Hush Pups are deep fried, dodgers are baked.
If memory serves, Elmer carried some corn pone in his chaps pocket on long cattle drives.
He also carried a Colt SA in maybe 38-40? In the other chap pocket.

 

[Stevens]

Never heard of them sounds like Cornbread muffins with Jalapeño pieces baked in, my wife fixes those they are good!
Steve W

 

[JayFramer]

I just love corn, in all its many forms.

 

[Eddie Southgate]

Us Southern boys generally prefer Hush Puppies.
The main difference appears to be Hush Pups are deep fried, dodgers are baked.
If memory serves, Elmer carried some corn pone in his chaps pocket on long cattle drives.
He also carried a Colt SA in maybe 38-40? In the other chap pocket.

Fried in a skillet like a fat hocake is the way I make them .

 

[JohnRippert]

Long John Silvers used to make really good corn dodgers/hush puppies but they have pretty much disappeared from around here.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Fried in a skillet like a fat hocake is the way I make them .

I would call that a Johnny Cake.
Used to make them on fishing/hunting trips.

 

[zeke]

Rooster Cogburn (spelling) in True Grit, the oriental shopkeeper made them for his provisions. Maybe I have watched the movie too many times, it be one of the favorites.

Found the recipe while looking for a cook book recipe for scrapple, in 1960's era cook book. They are baked. Not bad and likely better for ya than chips/bread/other doughy stuff. Maybe likely to keep longer than just bread, and molasses sweetens em up.

 

[GKC]

The LJS here where we live still makes good Hush Puppies. In fact, when I get a dinner, I get two sides of Hush Puppies instead of veggies or fries (I can make my own veggies at home.) I ask them to cook them real crisp, and they are SO good with butter.

Well, I should say I did...past tense. We started a low carb diet a week ago, and of course I can't have anything good to eat.

 

[tops]

I always liked corn every way except liquid. Larry

 

[DWalt]

Long John Silvers used to make really good corn dodgers/hush puppies but they have pretty much disappeared from around here.

They still have them (hushpuppies) at the local LJS and they are still good. They are standard (usually two) on some of the fish dinners, along with fish, fries, and cole slaw. Maybe 15 years ago, they were about a dime each as extras, but now they are somewhat more expensive. I remember buying a dozen with nothing else as a meal. I always liked to dip them into the red seafood cocktail sauce. Take a little bite, dip, and repeat.

 

[DeathGrip]

I always liked corn every way except liquid. Larry

No corn squeezing's in my tank.

 

[Drm50]

Corn Dodgers are just like hard tack biscuits made with corn
meal instead of flour.

 

[jscheck]

More than one person has brought up hush puppies. I'd rather have hush puppies! Of course, my wife's family makes fried corn bread that is killer and I love it too.

 

[DWalt]

Corn Dodgers are just like hard tack biscuits made with corn
meal instead of flour.

I don't know about hardtack made with corn meal, but I once tried a piece of hardtack made with flour like it was done back in the frontier days, and it was inedible. You could break a tooth trying to eat one. It wouldn't soften even when I dipped in coffee for a few minutes. Sort of like a thick cracker made of concrete.

 

[Drm50]

They were made to store, they are rough eating. Worse than the
John Wayne biscuits that were in C-rats. John Wayne seems to
be connected to all the primative biscuits. The only time I have
ate hard tack or corn dodgers was at pioneer days type festivals.
I think the corn dodgers were offered as a result of John Wayne
movie. In this areas history there is mention of hard tack but
I never saw any reference to corn dodgers. Maybe it was a regional thing. I tried enough of them to know why the Duke
was using them for targets.

 

[BearBio]

A "hoecake" should really be baked on a hoe or shovel!