hoecakes
Flat cornmeal bread
Hoecakes are flat cornmeal cakes, a traditional food of the American South.
The name comes from field workers originally cooking the batter on the blade of a hoe over an open fire.
Similar to johnnycakes or corn pone, hoecakes are typically fried in a skillet: Grandma made hoecakes and bacon for breakfast.
Coarsely milled dried maize
- gritsBoiled ground maize
- batterUncooked cake mixture
- cornponeSimple maize bread
- ashcakeBread baked in embers
griddle · skillet · golden · fried · crispy · hominy · coarse · maize
Thick sugar liquid
- butterSolid fat from cream
- mapleSap-yielding hardwood tree
- flapjacksFlat griddled breakfast cakes
- eggsReproductive cells in shells
bacon · brunch · hotcakes · griddlecakes · toast · sorghum · honey · molasses
Before a war's start
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- colonialOf occupied territories
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
slavery · sharecropping · fieldwork · subsistence · staple · Americana · old-fashioned · traditional
cornmeal
Coarsely milled dried maize
ashcake · griddle · skillet · golden · fried · crispy · hominy · coarse · maize · masa
syrup
Thick sugar liquid
eggs · bacon · brunch · hotcakes · griddlecakes · toast · sorghum · honey · molasses · jam
antebellum
Before a war's start
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- colonialOf occupied territories
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
heritage · slavery · sharecropping · fieldwork · subsistence · staple · Americana · old-fashioned · traditional · hoe
comfort
Ease or soothing relief
- homestyleSimply prepared, like family cooking
- cuisineCharacteristic cooking style
- southernToward the sunbelt
Appalachian · creole · country · farmhouse · homestead · homemade · savory · hearty · wholesome · nourishing
- Southern friedfried chicken, fried catfish, fried okra, fried green tomatoes, hush puppies
- Pioneer Foodshardtack, cornbread, biscuits, beef jerky, salt pork
- cornsweet corn, field corn, corn flour, corn starch, cornmeal
hoecakeshaute cuisine
Elevated culinary artistry
French pastry · croissant · brioche · crêpes · fine dining