Us had dem good old red peas cooked wid side meat in a pot in de fireplace, and ashcake to go wid 'em.
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Ashcake was most as good as 'taters cooked in de ashes, but not quite.
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The ashcake was soon spread upon the hearth and covered with hot ashes.
Negro Tales|Joseph Seamon Cotter
When Abraham thought the stranger was asleep he told his wife to prepare an ashcake for their supper.