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Old 04-03-2008, 12:56 AM posted to alt.cooking-chat,rec.food.historic
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Cookie Cutter wrote:
New Poster wrote:


Twinkies and Johnnycakes would get them rolling in the aisles



Johnnycake is English. Colonists made Johnnycake back in England (If
don't recall the grain that was used) and in the American colonies, it
was made from corn because that was what was available.


never heard of it here. If it did exist in this country I would think it has
faded out as never seen or heard of it.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_b...sages/660.html


 

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