Meaning & use
Ashcake
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A simple flatbread made from cornmeal dough that is baked directly in the hot ashes of a fire.
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Her grandmother still remembered baking ashcake in the hearth on cold winter mornings.
Settlers often made ashcake when no oven was available on the trail.
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A traditional dish of the rural American South, born from necessity when proper ovens weren't available.
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hoecake
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