I make them fairly often, a couple times a month at least. In my more northern American tradition, however, they are called johnnycakes.

(Trivia alert. In the HBO series The Sopranos, a gangster flees New Jersey because his mob associates have learned he is gay. He hides out in New England for a while where he falls in love with a cook/firefighter who makes johnny cakes at the local diner. Things do not end well.)

My version of the recipe calls for equal parts wheat flour and yellow cornmeal. I think the wheat flower helps with the gritty texture, though I've read that's a modern innovation to make a traditional poverty food more palatable.

I really love the extra taste and different texture the cornmeal provides. I like eating my johnnycakes with sausage patties, an egg, and hot maple syrup.