Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
JOHNNYCAKE
johnnycake, johnny cake, journey cake
(noun) cornbread usually cooked pancake-style on a griddle (chiefly New England)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
johnnycake (plural johnnycakes)
(US) A dense, baked or fried flatbread made of cornmeal.
Synonyms
• (dense baked or fried flatbread): ashcake, battercake, New England cornbread, corncake, cornpone, hoecake, journeycake, mushbread, pone, Shawneecake
Source: Wiktionary
John"ny*cake`, n.
Definition: A kind of bread made of the meal of maize (Indian corn), mixed with water or milk, etc., and baked. [U.S.] J. Barlow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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