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• a variation of johnnycake.

johnny cake

British  

noun

1. a type of thin flat corn bread baked on a griddle

2. a thin cake of flour and water paste cooked in the ashes of a fire or in a pan

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johnny cake

Any day is a good time for a johnny cake, cornmeal flatbread topped with smoked whitefish and beads of salmon roe.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 28, 2017

Still more so when it had acquired sufficient hardness to be made into johnny cake by the aid of a tin grater.

From Daniel Boone The Pioneer of Kentucky by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

Peter informed him in a joyous whisper that there was a big cheese in the cupboard, and a johnny cake and blackberry preserves for the visitors, before they left.

From The Silver Maple by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller

There was a big hunk of johnny cake on the table, a slice of bacon with a knife handy to cut it, and a bag which proved to contain coffee.

From Elam Storm, The Wolfer Or, The Lost Nugget by Castlemon, Harry

Tom was uneasy after that, and wished now when it was too late that he had reserved a portion of the johnny cake and bacon that had been furnished him.

From Elam Storm, The Wolfer Or, The Lost Nugget by Castlemon, Harry