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HOECAKE
hoecake
(noun) thin usually unleavened johnnycake made of cornmeal; originally baked on the blade of a hoe over an open fire (southern)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hoecake (plural hoecakes)
(dated, Southern US) A type of cornbread or cornmeal cake, made with water and salt. It was originally baked before the fire or in the ashes on a type of iron pan called a hoe; in modern times, it is fried in cooking oil in a skillet.
Source: Wiktionary
Hoe"cake`, n.
Definition: A cake of Indian meal, water, and salt, baked before the fire or in the ashes; -- so called because often cooked on a hoe. [Southern U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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