Pone (Noun)
Meaning
Cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern).
Classification
Nouns denoting foods and drinks.
Examples
- The dense, crumbly pone was a staple in many Southern households during the Great Depression.
- After the Civil War, corn pone became a symbol of resilience and resourcefulness in the rural South.
- My grandmother used to make a delicious hoecake pone that she'd serve with butter and honey.
- The Appalachian cook added a pinch of salt to the mixture before shaping it into a round pone.
- The smell of hot pone wafting from the skillet was a welcome treat on a cold winter morning.