<P> The modern johnnycake is found in the cuisine of New England, and often claimed as originating in Rhode Island . A modern johnnycake is fried cornmeal gruel, which is made from yellow or white cornmeal mixed with salt and hot water or milk, and sometimes sweetened . In the Southern United States, the word used is hoecake, although this can also refer to cornbread fried in a pan . </P> <P> The earliest attestation of the term "johnny cake" is from 1739 (in South Carolina); the spelling "journey cake" is only attested from 1775 on the Gulf Coast, but may be the earlier form . </P> <P> The word is likely based on the word "Jonakin," recorded in New England in 1765, itself derived from the word "jannock," recorded in Northern England in the sixteenth century . According to Edward Ellis Morris, the term was the name given "...by the (American) negroes to a cake made of Indian corn (maize)." </P> <P> Another suggested derivation is that it comes from Shawnee cake although some writers disagree . </P>

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