Recipe - Jonnycakes

One half cup Fine waterground white
cornmeal
One fourth teaspoon Salt
2 One half teaspoon Sugar
One half cup Boiling water (about)
Milk (to thin batter; if
necessary)
3 tablespoon Vegetable shortening

In a medium bowl, combine corn meal, salt and sugar. Add boiling water and
toss with a fork just to mix. There should be enough water just to dampen
the ingredients so that no dry particles

show. Next, add enough milk to thin the batter to the consistency you like.

Heat 2 tablespoons of shortening in a heavy griddle over medium heat until
hot. Drop a heaping tablespoonful of batter onto the griddle, reduce heat,
and brown slowly, about 5 to 10 minutes a side, depending on thickness,
until crispy and brown. Repeat until batter is gone.

Transfer to paper towel lined plate. Serve warm.

Yield: 2 servings

Recipe by: Cooking Live Show #CLA06 Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #722 by
"Angele and Jon Freeman" jfreeman@netusa1.net on Aug 4, 1997