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Johnny Cake

From Rare old receipts, 1906
Presented as published in 1906. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from Rare old receipts (1906) by Jacqueline Harrison Smith, page 6. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

JOHNNY CAKE. Laura Hazard Robinson, 1826. Contributed by William Attmore Robinson, Philadelphia, Pa. Scald a sufficient quantity of corn meal, add a little salt, then mix with milk until it is of such a consistency that it may be put on a board as a flat cake, then cover with a little thick cream

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