One morning during the 1960’s at Worth County, Evelyn Groom decided to teach her students about George Washington and feed them in the process. Some of the students, like today, got very little breakfast at home. So Evelyn, Deanna, the teacher’s aide, some of the other teachers, and one of the parents helped make the following recipe for the kids:
20 eggs
1 gallon and 3 cups milk
15 cups flour
14 cups corn meal
8 teaspoons salt
1 1/3 cups making powder
2 cups oil
Oil for frying
Butter to taste
Syrup:
10 cups brown sugar
11 cups white sugar
10 cups water
7 teaspoons maple flavoring
Hoe cakes were named as such because they were a mainstay of field hands, of whom there were a lot in Worth County. They would cook them on their hoes for food. Robert O. Gill, who was the superintendent at Worth County at the time, was invited to dine with the students.
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