Johnnie Cake

Original Ingredients

• 1 quart Indian meal
• 1 pint warm water
• 1 teaspoonful salt

Original Instructions

1. 1

   Sift one quart of Indian meal into a pan; make a hole in the middle and pour in a pint of warm water, adding one teaspoonful of salt.

2. 2

   With a spoon mix the meal and water gradually into a soft dough; stir it very briskly for a quarter of an hour or more, till it becomes light and spongy.

3. 3

   Then spread the dough smoothly and evenly on a straight, flat board (a piece of the head of a flour-barrel will serve for this purpose).