Johnnycake
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Johnnycake, also known as journey cake, hoecake, shawnee cake, or spider cornbread, is a cornmeal flatbread, a type of batter bread. An early North American staple food, it is prepared on the Atlantic
A johnnycake in a cast iron fry pan
Kenyon Corn Meal Company, a gristmill in Usquepaug, Rhode Island. The building shown was built in 1886, and company history dates from the early 1700s or earlier.
Johnnycakes on a plate
Deep-fried johnnycakes filled with cheese, common in the Caribbean Netherlands
Cornbread
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Cornbread is a quick bread made with cornmeal, popular in the cuisine of the Southern United States, with origins in Native American cuisine. It is an example of batter bread. Dumplings and pancakes m
Johnnycake
…1600s. From this culture came one of the main staples of the Southern diet: corn (maize). Corn was used to make all kinds of dishes from the familiar cornbread and grits to liquors such as whiskey and moonshine, which were important trade items. Cornbread was popular during the American Civil War because it…
Skillet cornbread
Cornbread, prepared as a muffin
Home-baked cornbread made with blue cornmeal
Pan-baked Southern-style cornbread, made with yellow cornmeal.