jonnycake


Why was it that in Season 7 and 8 it seemed every landmark in town was named jonnycake? There was jonnycake swamp, jonnycake bog, jonnycake creek, and jonnycake mall just to name a few. Prior to season 7 I don't think the word jonnycake was used once.

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Different writers took over in season 7. Probably an inside joke-- maybe it was something they ate in the writers room when they were working on story ideas.

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Seems kinda lazy to me. At least they renamed the bridge after Harley Estin. lol

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I don't know but the weirdest thing. I am listening to background music "Brown Girl in the Ring" by Boney-M. And right when I read this title they sand "we had fried fish and Johnny Cakes".

Kind of a coincidence, no?

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Some areas are like that in real life. Ever been to Ohio? It seems like every other place is called Sandusky. In Atlanta there is a Peachtree Blvd, Peachtree Lane, Peachtree Avenue etc. My husband and I were so confused when we visited Georgia. This was before GPS. Then in Michigan every other place is Marquette.


Anyway, Johnny Cake is a sweet cornbread. It's almost always yellow. It isn't a true cornbread which is flatter and made with white corn. More like what the Native Americans ate. I like the latter, having been raised on it.

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