hoecake

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hoe·cake

(hō′kāk′)

n. Chiefly Southern US

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

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hoecake

(ˈhəʊˌkeɪk)

(Cookery) US a thin maize cake

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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 corn

johnny 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

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