There is a 1937 Rhode Island law requiring that jonnycakes be made with whitecap flint corn grown in RI. The original came from the Narragansett Indians. Recipes in The Cornbread Gospels are made with 1)cornmeal, milk or water, salt; 2) cornmeal, salt, boiling water, 1 egg; 3)#2 + sugar, milk and butter.
I don't know what you are calling Johnny Cake but in the Caribbean they are not like that first picture.
http://www.justapinch.com/recipes/bread/biscuits/bahamian-johnny-cake.html
Best Johnny Cake I ever tasted was in the Bahamas and this is after living in Sint Maarten and traveling all over the caribbean.
It's more like a biscuit!
Cheers
irina
In case you want to see a genuine, old-timey recipe, here's one from the Park Street Methodist Episcopal Church (Lewiston, M. Ladies' Aid Society. (1908). Cook book. Lewiston, Me.: The Ladies' Aid Society (p.28):
1 1/2 cups sour milk
1/2 cup molasses
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup flour
2 cups corn meal
courtesy of the Hathi Trust http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433049232097
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http://www.justapinch.com/recipes/bread/biscuits/bahamian-johnny-cake.html
Best Johnny Cake I ever tasted was in the Bahamas and this is after living in Sint Maarten and traveling all over the caribbean.
It's more like a biscuit!
Cheers
irina
http://food52.com/recipes/16939-johnny-on-the-bayou
1 1/2 cups sour milk
1/2 cup molasses
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup flour
2 cups corn meal
courtesy of the Hathi Trust http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433049232097