ashcake
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ashcake
Example Sentences
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Us have de big room where de slaves' meals all cook and de fireplace 'bout four foot 'cross and plenty ashes in de mornin' to make de ashcakes.
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Us raked out hot ashes den and cooked good old ashcakes what was a heap better for us dan dis bread us buys from de stores now.
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Lots of de cornbread was baked in pones on spiders, but ashcakes was a mighty go in dem days.
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"I am so strong, you see, and besides I really like Aunt Floretta's ashcakes."
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For breakfast us have meat and ashcakes and bran-coffee or sassafras tea.
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