Thanks for the comments. I'm the "authentic" yankee grandmother! Sometimes I add an egg to the recipe, to add a little protein. My father always told us we were swamp Yankees...we have never found a authentic meaning if it...someone said they ran to the swamps instead of fighting in the war, yet, I traced relatives back to soldiers IN the revolutionary war, & my daughter was in the military during Persian gulf war! Good luck making Johnny cakes...easy to make & enjoy. Linda (Steere)
this is a pretty authentic recipe. The name came from 'Journey Cakes" that you would pack in your bag to take as you traveled, those had no oil in them. Those at at home often did have a sugar and a fat of some sort. They were made as large as your hand and eaten by having pieces broken off of it and eathing those pieces. Corn was thought of as fit for farm animals only, so poor people or soldiers got the corn meal to make the cakes from.
Yankee...or Swamp Yankee? ;) I don't know where in RI you live, but there is a guy in Exeter on Victory Highway (102) who sells good cornmeal (must be kept in fridge when you buy it). I don't know how much he charges, though.
Any medium or coarse ground and hopefully locally grown meal works, 'cuz you can't get Kenyon's in Dixie. White, yellow, maiz azul ( which is fine, use cold water! fry in bacon fat ) is close enough. I make one of the above every other week. It has been 5 years since I heard any say sugah or watah. I appreciate the vid, but that is way too much water, the outside is nice and browned, but the inside isn't cooked. It should just pile up on a spoon and just release into the pan. PS Kenyons does raise their own strain of corn. And you thought GMO food was bad for you, been going on for 8000 years.
Thanks for the comments. I'm the "authentic" yankee grandmother! Sometimes I add an egg to the recipe, to add a little protein.
My father always told us we were swamp Yankees...we have never found a authentic meaning if it...someone said they ran to the swamps instead of fighting in the war, yet, I traced relatives back to soldiers IN the revolutionary war, & my daughter was in the military during Persian gulf war! Good luck making Johnny cakes...easy to make & enjoy. Linda (Steere)
this is a pretty authentic recipe. The name came from 'Journey Cakes" that you would pack in your bag to take as you traveled, those had no oil in them. Those at at home often did have a sugar and a fat of some sort. They were made as large as your hand and eaten by having pieces broken off of it and eathing those pieces.
Corn was thought of as fit for farm animals only, so poor people or soldiers got the corn meal to make the cakes from.
Excellent video! thanks so much for your time in posting this vid.
My wife is making jerk chicken dinner and she needed a good recipe for tommorow.
Wow, now this is a video in the school curriculum in Belarus where English is not the main language. This video is now learning English :)
Yankee...or Swamp Yankee? ;)
I don't know where in RI you live, but there is a guy in Exeter on Victory Highway (102) who sells good cornmeal (must be kept in fridge when you buy it). I don't know how much he charges, though.
Wicked.
Any medium or coarse ground and hopefully locally grown meal works, 'cuz you can't get Kenyon's in Dixie. White, yellow, maiz azul ( which is fine, use cold water! fry in bacon fat ) is close enough. I make one of the above every other week. It has been 5 years since I heard any say sugah or watah. I appreciate the vid, but that is way too much water, the outside is nice and browned, but the inside isn't cooked. It should just pile up on a spoon and just release into the pan. PS Kenyons does raise their own strain of corn. And you thought GMO food was bad for you, been going on for 8000 years.