A dish of homemade stuffing on a Thanksgiving table with a rosemary garnish - Bhofack2/Getty Images Pick up any seafood or barbecue restaurant menu, and chances are hush puppies are on it.

Kat Thompson is the audience editor of Eater’s Southern California/Southwest region. What is it about hush puppies that make them so charming? Is it their name? Their lumpy, endearing shape? Perhaps ...

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