My parents also made Johnny cake that we ate with butter and syrup. Once a week we had a low cost supper without meat and often it was the mush or Johnny cake and we loved it!!
Originally Posted by Mornigstar
Even in Ontario we ate "cornmeal" cooked as Carol's Quilts recipe. Never had scrapple style until I travelled.
European lady taught me to eat it with butter, brown sugar and sprinkled with cinnamon -still eat that for breakfast.
Friends from Italy eat their cornmeal cooked same way but when finished stir in tomato (spagetti) sauce added grated cheese and serve as we would mashed potatoes but call it "polenta" Enjoy it anyway it's fixed because it is a good grain food and VERY inexpensive for families.
Our cormeal is courser ground than a box of Jiffy Mix muffins. Anyone remember calling it "Johnny Cake"? As a hobby I follow these food similarities in different areas.