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mouth add one-half teaspoon of salt. Thin to a batter with 

 cold or luke-warm milk. The batter should be so thin that it 

 drops from the blade of a knife like heavy gruel. Bake the 

 cakes on a soapstone griddle, turning to brown both sides. 



When Roger Williams' settlers had to go on business to 

 Providence, Boston or New London, they carried a dozen or 

 so of these "journey" and hence "johnny" cakes to sustain 

 them on the road. 



The further one delves into our native American culinary 

 lore, the more uses for corn does one discover. Apparently 

 the grain challenged the imaginations of every foreign group 

 which came to these shores, and each group answered the 

 challenge in its own way. Hence the corn fritters, chowders, 

 puddings, pies and even pickles besides an endless variety of 

 breads. 



Mark Twain, surrounded by the minestrone, veal au mar- 

 sala, boiled chestnuts, Bel Paese and Parmesan cheeses of 

 Italy, took out a pencil and made a list of American dishes he 

 was going to demand the first minute he set foot on American 

 soil. Five of them were made of corn: pone, hominy, hoecake, 

 green corn on the cob, and green corn out from the cob and 

 dressed with butter and pepper. Doubtless the only reason the 

 list did not run on to succotash, Indian pudding, batter cakes 

 and chicken and corn pie was that homesickness overcame 

 him. 



