Johnny Cakes
From Statesmen's dishes; and how to cook them, 1890
Water may be used instead of milk, but cakes won't brown as nicely.
Presented as published in 1890. 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 Statesmen's dishes; and how to cook them (1890) by Katherine Golden Bitting Collection on Gastronomy (Library of Congress), page 13. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
JOHNNY CAKES. BY MRS. W. O. ARNOLD. (Wife of Representative from Rhode Island.) pNE cup of Indian meal, a pinch of salt, butter the size of a walnut; pour over this enough boiling water to make a stiff batter, after being well stirred. Set for three or four minutes in a dish of boiling water; then thin with sweet milk
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