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As for the grist mill making johnnycake meal?
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Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Feb. 2023
The dish in question consists of three fluffy-on-the-inside, crispy-on-the-outside corn flour pancakes, like a johnnycake but smaller and thicker.
—Emma Balter, Chron, 14 Mar. 2022
Options may include curry chickpeas, jerk barbecue tofu and johnnycakes, as well as a rotating menu of Caribbean specials, such as a vegan take on sauteed ackee.
—Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, azcentral, 3 Dec. 2019
But the real beauties are some of the more inventive dishes, like the Spanish octopus with marcona almond romesco and Basque pepper, or the neptune johnnycake smeared with honey butter, Boston smoked bluefish, and sturgeon caviar.
—Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 July 2018
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Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Feb. 2023
The dish in question consists of three fluffy-on-the-inside, crispy-on-the-outside corn flour pancakes, like a johnnycake but smaller and thicker.
—Emma Balter, Chron, 14 Mar. 2022
Options may include curry chickpeas, jerk barbecue tofu and johnnycakes, as well as a rotating menu of Caribbean specials, such as a vegan take on sauteed ackee.
—Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, azcentral, 3 Dec. 2019
But the real beauties are some of the more inventive dishes, like the Spanish octopus with marcona almond romesco and Basque pepper, or the neptune johnnycake smeared with honey butter, Boston smoked bluefish, and sturgeon caviar.
—Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 July 2018
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johnnycake
noun
john·ny·cake
ˈjän-ē-ˌkāk 
: a bread made with cornmeal, flour, eggs, and milk
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