johnny-cake

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

A cake made of Indian meal mixed with milk or water. A New England Johnny-cake is invariably spread upon the stave of a barrel-top, and baked before the fire. Sometimes stewed pumpkin is mixed with it.

Some talk of hoe-cake, fair Virginia's pride,

Rich Johnny-cake this mouth has often tried.

Both please me well, their virtues much the same;

Alike their fabric, as allied their fame,

Except in dear New England, where the last

Receives a dash of pumpkin in the paste.--Joel Barlow, Poem on Hasty Pudding.

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