Long John Silver's Hush Puppies

Posted for Rick, one of my favorite funnymen :0)
Long John Silver's Hush Puppies


















Ingredients:

1 cup self-rising flour
1 cup cornmeal
1 onion chopped fine
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
Dash of Tabasco sauce (optional)
1/4 cup Milk
Oil (for deep frying)

Directions:
Heat oil in fryer or pan. Combine dry ingredients. Add egg and milk, Tabasco sauce, then add onion. Stir well. (Should be the consistency of bread batter.) If too thin add more corn meal or flour. Drop by teaspoonfuls into hot oil. Cook until golden brown.