hush puppies and home made sloppy joes (2)

hush puppies

ingredients:

i cup corn meal

1/4 cup all purpose flour

2

teaspoons sugar

3/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 beaten egg

1/2 butter milk or sour milk

1/4 cup slice green onions

shortening or cooking oil for deep fat frying

in a medium bowl combine cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. make a well in center of flour mixture, set aside.

in another bowl combine egg, buttermilk, and green onions add egg mixture all at once to flour mixture. stir just until moistened (batter should be lumpy).

drop batter tablespoon into deep, hot fat. fry about 3 minutes or until golden brown

turning once. drain on paper towels. serve warm

sloppy joes

1 tsp. oil

1 small onion chopped

1/2 green pepper, chopped

1 lb. of hamburger or ground turkey

1 cup tomato sauce

1/2 cup of water

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

hamburger buns

heat oil in heavy skillet. add onion and green pepper and cook until soft. add hamburger and continue cooking until pink color of meat is gone. stir once in a while.

add tomato sauce, water, salt and pepper and cook slowly about 15 minutes.

serve a generous spoonful of meat mixture on bread.