The modern johnnycake is a staple in the cuisine of New England, and New Englanders claim it originated in Rhode Island. A modern jonnycake is fried gruel made from yellow or white cornmeal that is mixed with salt and hot water or milk, and sometimes sweetened. In the Southern United States, the same food is referred to as a hoecake. See also American cuisine Arepa Bannock Cornbread Corn cookie Corn fritters Frybread Hushpuppy Johnnycake Town List of maize dishes Spoonbread References Further reading Beaulieu, Linda, The Providence and Rhode Island Cookbook, Guilford, Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press, 2006, . Bartlett, John Russell. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States, fourth edition. Boston: Little, Brown, and Co. (1889 Hundley, Daniel R., Esq. Social Relations in Our Southern States. New York: Henry B. Price (1860). Vogel, William Frederick. "Home Life in Early Indiana". Indiana Magazine of History 10:2 (June 1914) 1-29. Indiana: Indiana University. American pancakes Belizean cuisine Caribbean cuisine Dominican Republic cuisine Jamaican cuisine Maize dishes New England cuisine Pancakes Puerto Rican cuisine Rhode Island cuisine Soul food Cuisine of the Thirteen Colonies Historical foods Native American cuisine