The johnnycake was generally considered a poor substitute for wheaten bread, but was accepted by residents in both the northern and southern colonies.

"You are forbidden to touch wheaten or leavened bread," said his mother.

The Johnnycake was a poor substitute to some for wheaten bread, but acceptance by both the northern and southern colonies seems evident.

And some wheaten bread, if there is any.

This was not quite real wheaten bread, but it was very like it.

Gentlemen more pretentious than Best would have had wheaten bread on their table every day.

I had no wish for fine gowns, or wheaten bread, or a bolster filled with goose feathers.

Those were dear times, when wheaten bread and fresh meat were delicacies to working people.

The name Baragwanath is of Cornish language origin, meaning "wheaten bread."

By the 1750s, wheaten bread (as opposed to rye or barley) became almost universal, even in provincial towns.