Sweet Potato Pone, Mrs. Y. Kirkpatrick-Howat
As of this post, the Old Line Plate database has 14 different “pone” recipes in it. These fall into three basic categories: straight-up corn pone, old-fashioned pone containing molasses (usually also containing cornmeal or just ‘meal’), and sweet potato pone. According to the “Post & Courier” of Charleston, SC, sweet potato pone evokes a special sentimentality in…