Joe Frogger
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after Joseph Brown (1750–1834), the keeper of Black Joe’s Tavern in Marblehead, Massachusetts. The cookies were invented by Brown’s wife, Lucretia Thomas Brown (1772–1857), who worked at the tavern.[1]
There are many different stories about how the cookies came to be called Froggers. According to some sources, they were named for the froglike shape the batter would form when it hit the hot iron skillet.[2] According to others, they were named for the frogs in the nearby mill pond.[3] The name may be a misspelling or a play on “Joe Floggers”, which were a kind of pancake, also used as a ship’s provision.[1]
Noun[edit]
Joe Frogger (plural Joe Froggers)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Julia Blakely (2016 November 1) “Joe Froggers: The Weight of the Past in a Cookie”, in Smithsonian Libraries Unbound
- ^ Pam Matthias Peterson (2007) “Chapter 2. Magic, Witches and Fortune Telling”, in Marblehead Myths, Legends and Lore, The History Press, published 2011, →ISBN, “Black Joe, Aunt Creesy and Love Potions”, page unpaginated
- ^ James F. Lee (2018 October 4) “Joe Froggers: A Marblehead taste tradition”, in The Boston Globe
Further reading[edit]
Joe Frogger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
