Johnny cakes

[Sam Clements]

1739, in the M-W.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Cohen, Gerald Leonard" <gcohen at UMR.EDU>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 6:28 PM
Subject: FW: Johnny cakes


> Here's an item I received from  the 19c. baseball discussion group. I
don't have DARE, OED, etc. handy, and so maybe this is already treated
there.
>
> Gerald Cohen
>
> > ----------
> > From:         Frederick Ivor-Campbell
> > Reply To:     19cBB at yahoogroups.com
> > Sent:         Tuesday, September 14, 2004 1:46 PM
> > To:   19cBB at yahoogroups.com
> > Subject:      Re: [19cBB] 1860s Ballpark Food
> >
> > In Rhode Island, "Jonny (Johnny) cakes" are flat pancakes
> > made of ground white corn (not yellow corn, please), an
> > ancient (and current) treat whose name some think is a
> > corruption of "journey cakes," food that served well for
> > journeys. There's no way of knowing, I suppose, what they
> > were in Brooklyn, or whether there is any connection
> > between jonny cakes and "jonalized cakes."
> >
> > Fred Ivor-Campbell
> >
> >
> >
>