Buttermilk Hush Puppies (1982)

• 
  3/4 cup self-rising corn meal
• 1/3 cup self-rising flour
• 1 large onion, finely chopped
• 1 egg
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• Lard or vegetable shortening

Mix all the ingredients in a small bowl. Shape into flat round or into balls. and fry in lard or shortening at 375 degrees until crisp and brown.

More "Lost" Recipes for Fried Things

Homemade Fritos (1918)

Kentucky Corn Fritters (1969)

(Origin - "Cooking of the South" by Nathalie Dupree, published by Irena Chalmers Cookbooks, Inc, 1982)