Sean Brock, Joseph Lenn & John Coykendall Make Hoe Cakes

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[bryliang]

You know you're southern when you wear a duke's mayo shirt. Respect!!

[reedzkee]

I’m traveling in Colombia right now and this is how I described Arepas to my mom.

[kristynapier]

hoe cake, Johnny cake, and flap Jack's is what my family calls them. We use cast iron skillets though.

[aquilestadeu]

Very nice. Maybe using lard...very tasty and creative.

[TheMillwright]

Did he pronounce his name Coykendall? Isn't it pronounced Kirkendall?

[WankenZeFurious]

I expected something quite different. I blame the internet...

[Nedmarx]

I was looking for seedy girls cooking out on the farm. Now I get some guy taking a dirty farm tool and making cornbread. I feel cheated.

[monco]

That brand new hoe handle and spade. But continue to show us how putting a glorified pancake on a metal surface over hot coals is old school. There's scraping the bottom and there's the end.