hoecake

hoecake [hoh-keyk] ExamplesWord Origin noun South Midland and Southern U.S.

1. an unleavened cake made with flour or corn meal: originally baked on a hoe but now usually cooked on a griddle.

Origin of hoecake An Americanism dating back to 1735–45; hoe + cake Regional variation note See pancake. Examples from the Web for hoe-cake Historical Examples of hoe-cake

At the fire-place a negro woman was frying meat and baking a hoe-cake.

The Jucklins

Opie Read

The hoe-cake was produced and partaken of ravenously and thankfully.

Sword and Pen

John Algernon Owens

Only one step above this class, another order is found on a hoe-cake.

The Funny Side of Physic

A. D. Crabtre

Hoe-cake, a cake of Indian meal baked on a hoe or before the fire.

The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1

Various

In this way the hoe-cake is baked in one, while the bacon is fried in the other.

American Missionary, Volume 50, No. 8, August, 1896

Various

Word Origin and History for hoe-cake n.

1745, American English, said to be so called because it originally was baked on the broad thin blade of a cotton-field hoe (n.).