Hot Water Hoecake

(4 servings) Printable Version

1 cup white cornmeal
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 and 3/4 cups boiling water
1 Tablespoon melted butter (optional)

Add salt to cornmeal. Pour boiling water over all. Mix and let set for a few minutes. (Cornmeal will swell.) Drop batter from tip of cooking spoon on hot greased or buttered griddle or skillet (or the blade of your hoe, if you're a purist.)

Let brown on one side until edges are brown and crisp. Turn over and brown on other side until edges are crisp.

Serve right away with a cold dab of butter on each hot hoecake.

According to Dinah Shore, "I don't know why these are so good. They're nothing really, but I guess it's the combination of crispness on the outside and the nutty cornmeal flavor on the inside and that little dab of cold butter - ummmm!"

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This recipe is from the classic cookbook titled Someone's In The Kitchen With Dinah (Dinah Shore, Doubleday, 1971).

As described on book's cover, this "Dinah Shore's personal cookbook - Dinah tells exactly how she prepares over 200 of her favorite recipes in her own kitchen."

There's a chapter dedicated to "Eggs, Brunch and Bread", although it's a very small part of a rather extensive cookbook.

Very basic cornmeal hoecake recipe from 70's TV personality Dinah Shore.

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Overall Average Rating = 3 (out of 5)

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Rating (out of 5):

Eh... a little bit boring. I served them like regular pancakes with butter and syrup. I prefer regular pancakes to these.

Comment submitted: 9/12/2013 (#16469)

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