hoecake

hoe·cake

H0231000 (hō′kāk′)n. Chiefly Southern US See johnnycake.

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[Possibly because it was sometimes baked on the blade of a hoe.]

hoecake

(ˈhəʊˌkeɪk) n (Cookery) US a thin maize cake

hoe•cake

(ˈhoʊˌkeɪk)

n. South Midland and Southern U.S. an unleavened cake made with flour or cornmeal. [1735–45, Amer.]

Hoecake

A bread made of cornmeal and water. According to a variety of dictionaries and cookbooks, the name hoecake originated because in earlier days the bread was baked over an open fire on a hoe.

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hoecake - thin usually unleavened johnnycake made of cornmeal; originally baked on the blade of a hoe over an open fire (southern)cornmeal, Indian meal - coarsely ground cornjohnny cake, johnnycake, journey cake - cornbread usually cooked pancake-style on a griddle (chiefly New England)South - the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line