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- Now Florida but always a Kentuckian
Hoecakes were one of the basic foods for families and soldiers of the South during the war. Hoecakes had been a food of slaves made like traditional African millet bread. It is basically a cornmeal pancake, fried on the flat blade of a hoe over a fire.
Hoecake Recipe
Ingredients:
2 Cups finely ground cornmeal
1 Tablespoon baking powder (In the War baking soda was a more likely rising agent but baking powder will work better)
1 1/2 Cup water
2 eggs, beaten
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup fresh kernel corn (optional)
Vegetable oil or lard for frying
Preparation:
Combine all ingredients except fresh corn and mix until just incorporated. Don't over beat.
Add corn until mixed.
Preheat a heavy cast iron pan over medium heat until a drop of water dances on the surface for three seconds before evaporating.
Pour in a small amount of vegetable oil to cover bottom of the pan.
Drop hoecake batter into pan to make cakes around five inches in diameter.
Cook a few minutes on each side until lightly browned.
Keep warm until served. Serve with a drizzle of cane syrup or maple syrup.
To cook over an open fire, use a very clean hoe or cook on the flat bottom of a cast iron pan.
Hoecake Recipe
Ingredients:
2 Cups finely ground cornmeal
1 Tablespoon baking powder (In the War baking soda was a more likely rising agent but baking powder will work better)
1 1/2 Cup water
2 eggs, beaten
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup fresh kernel corn (optional)
Vegetable oil or lard for frying
Preparation:
Combine all ingredients except fresh corn and mix until just incorporated. Don't over beat.
Add corn until mixed.
Preheat a heavy cast iron pan over medium heat until a drop of water dances on the surface for three seconds before evaporating.
Pour in a small amount of vegetable oil to cover bottom of the pan.
Drop hoecake batter into pan to make cakes around five inches in diameter.
Cook a few minutes on each side until lightly browned.
Keep warm until served. Serve with a drizzle of cane syrup or maple syrup.
To cook over an open fire, use a very clean hoe or cook on the flat bottom of a cast iron pan.