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journey cake

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a thin flat cake made of cornmeal. See note at johnnycake (def. 1).

See: johnnycake(def. 1 and note)

Quotations

1848

Receipts for Making . . . Common Journey, or Johnny Cake.

1959

Maple syrup reminds me of johnny cake . . . [,] first called "journey cake," because it was made in easy-to-pack flat slabs, suitable for travellers to carry on trips.