User talk:Filll/ToDo/Cornpone

Corn pone (sometimes referred to as "Indian pone") is a type of cornbread made from a thick, malleable cornmeal dough and baked in a specific type of iron pan over an open fire (such as a frontiersman would use), using butter, margarine, or cooking oil. Corn pones have been a staple of Southern U.S. cuisine, and have been discussed by many American writers, including Mark Twain.

Etymology

The term "pone", meaning "Indian corn bread" was first introduced in English about 1634. The word "pone" was a replacement for the earlier terms "appone" and "ponap" (1612), These words derive from the Powhatan (Algonquian) word apan meaning "something baked," taken from word apen meaning "she bakes."

Other usage

The term "corn pone" is sometimes used to refer to one who possesses certain rural, unsophisticated peculiarities ("he's a corn pone"), or as an adjective to describe particular rural, folksy or "hick" characteristics (e.g., "corn pone" humor). The term is sometimes intended as a pejorative, often directed at persons from rural areas of the southern and midwestern U.S.

For example, the Li'l Abner comic strip featured references to a fictional Confederate general named Jubilation T. Cornpone. President Lyndon Johnson was branded "Uncle Cornpone" by his White House aides.