Hvor kom udtrykket hoe cakes fra?
Johnnycake
Ifølge Oxford English Dictionary optræder udtrykket hoecake første gang i 1745, og udtrykket bruges af amerikanske forfattere som Joel Barlow og Washington Irving. Navnet har sin oprindelse i tilberedningsmetoden: de blev tilberedt på en slags jernpande, der kaldes en hakke. Der er modstridende beviser for den almindelige opfattelse, at de blev tilberedt på bladene af havehakker. En hoecake kan laves enten af majsbrødsdej eller en rest af kiksdej. En majsbrødshakkekage er tykkere end en majsbrødspandekage.
Johnnycake
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term hoecake first occurs in 1745, and the term is used by American writers such as Joel Barlow and Washington Irving. The origin of the name is the method of preparation: they were cooked on a type of iron pan called a hoe. There is conflicting evidence regarding the common belief that they were cooked on the blades of gardening hoes. A hoecake can be made either out of cornbread batter or leftover biscuit dough. A cornbread hoecake is thicker than a cornbread pancake.
Johnnycake