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Brown Bread In A Can: Glorious 😋 or Gross 🤢? (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 OP
Good... Not glorious. The Polack MSgt Jul 2018 #1
😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #2
Agree... Pachamama Jul 2018 #9
Probably great for emergency stashes... I've never had it, but Amazon seems to think it pretty good hlthe2b Jul 2018 #3
Love the stuff! Toasted with butter, cream cheese, peanut butter, just about any spread. My Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #5
Same here on everything! Good stuff! Little Star Jul 2018 #7
😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #8
Hearty! How long is the shelf life of it? hlthe2b Jul 2018 #17
A half life of ten thousand years! 😏 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #20
well, twinkies probably are good for that long... hlthe2b Jul 2018 #23
At least! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #24
toasted with butter..beans and franks on the side ( cant touch my bread!) samnsara Jul 2018 #35
I am with you on this. I love it and have made my own. It's sprinkleeninow Jul 2018 #52
Loved it as a kid. Haven't seen it in yrs. Available in OK? bobbieinok Jul 2018 #4
Your local market may order it for you. Or there's Amazon. Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #6
date nut bread in a can -- with cream cheese. unblock Jul 2018 #10
Yum! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #11
It Does! RobinA Jul 2018 #39
We knew it as Boston Brown Bread. procon Jul 2018 #12
Boston Brown Bread is what we called it as well! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #14
Yup wryter2000 Jul 2018 #19
spice cake in can? Thomas Hurt Jul 2018 #13
Like it but never had it from a can! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #15
I like it with old fashioned oven baked beans. sinkingfeeling Jul 2018 #16
😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #21
OK with butter or a touch of cream cheese. nt Laffy Kat Jul 2018 #18
😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #22
Love the stuff. Grew up on it. (nt) Paladin Jul 2018 #25
😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #26
Expensive, but I love that it is in a can. braddy Jul 2018 #27
It's usually around $2.00 a can here! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #28
Having a few cans for emergencies would sure make the canned spam go down easier. braddy Jul 2018 #29
There's only one way to eat Boston brown bread jmowreader Jul 2018 #31
i have never seen those.. samnsara Jul 2018 #34
I've bought them in the Northwest at Fred Meyer jmowreader Jul 2018 #36
That's the ticket! None like them beans. Ah, New Englanders....🤗 Of which I used to be one. 😔 sprinkleeninow Jul 2018 #53
I don't think I've had that for 50 years or so LeftInTX Jul 2018 #30
Now you know! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #42
It's only good w/o the raisins MissMillie Jul 2018 #32
What are you, some kind of Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #43
i LOVE Boston Brown Bread..when I was in England and I got some sliced blood pudding samnsara Jul 2018 #33
I love blood puddings! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #44
A friend of mine from Austria absolutely HATED "American Bread" jpak Jul 2018 #37
But did he try it? Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #45
A good friend of mine LOVES that stuff! Tipperary Jul 2018 #38
And now you have! Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #46
My great aunt Nyda made the best nut bread OriginalGeek Jul 2018 #40
Sounds delicious! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #47
I never knew you could buy canned bread before this. herding cats Jul 2018 #41
Let us know what you think! Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #48
Looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove it! Ate it with beans when I was a girl trueblue2007 Jul 2018 #49
The best way! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #50
😊 Good. Polly Hennessey Jul 2018 #51
😋 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #54

Floyd R. Turbo

(26,546 posts)
5. Love the stuff! Toasted with butter, cream cheese, peanut butter, just about any spread. My
Fri Jul 13, 2018, 03:43 PM
Jul 2018

Favorite however is as a bed for franks and beans!
😋

Floyd R. Turbo

(26,546 posts)
20. A half life of ten thousand years! 😏
Fri Jul 13, 2018, 04:08 PM
Jul 2018

Actually the use by date is usually three to four years in the future!

sprinkleeninow

(20,242 posts)
52. I am with you on this. I love it and have made my own. It's
Tue Jul 17, 2018, 03:01 PM
Jul 2018

involved but worth it. Like so much that takes some doing, but in the end, totally worth it! 😋

💙🇺🇸🌊

the 'no goodniks' out!

RobinA

(9,888 posts)
39. It Does!
Sun Jul 15, 2018, 12:54 AM
Jul 2018

Introduced to me by my Grandmother in the ‘60’s. Yum. I might have to look for that tomorrow when I go to the store.

procon

(15,805 posts)
12. We knew it as Boston Brown Bread.
Fri Jul 13, 2018, 03:56 PM
Jul 2018

Sometimes we had the store bought cans, but they were a poor substitute for my grandma's recipe that was steamed in a large can in the pressure cooker. It was a genuine homemade treat served at breakfast or with tea or a hot toddy for a snack. We always made a flavored butter, like Orange-Honey, Molasses or Maple Butter to go with it.

Haven't made it for years, but now I'm wanting some. I'd have to order more molasses, and the rye and whole wheat flours, but it only takes about 40 minutes to cook 2-3 big cans in the pressure cooker.

wryter2000

(46,039 posts)
19. Yup
Fri Jul 13, 2018, 04:07 PM
Jul 2018

My grandma from Mass would heat it in butter in a frying pan until it was toasted. Loved it. We always had Friends brand. My grandma could remember when the Friends brothers sold beans from their horse drawn wagon in Boston..

jmowreader

(50,557 posts)
31. There's only one way to eat Boston brown bread
Fri Jul 13, 2018, 05:23 PM
Jul 2018

With New England baked beans, and they have to be THESE baked beans:



If you're not going to eat them from a jar, you may as well get Bush's. B&M in a can is still good...but it's just not the same.

jmowreader

(50,557 posts)
36. I've bought them in the Northwest at Fred Meyer
Fri Jul 13, 2018, 07:56 PM
Jul 2018

They also have Spotted Dick and HP Sauce. Unfortunately, they're real thin on their Korean food assortment, which is a shame because Korean cuisine is getting popular in the US.

LeftInTX

(25,287 posts)
30. I don't think I've had that for 50 years or so
Fri Jul 13, 2018, 05:12 PM
Jul 2018

Something we had when we were young, but it just kinda disappeared from our lives.

I remember liking it, but I had completely forgot it even existed.

samnsara

(17,622 posts)
33. i LOVE Boston Brown Bread..when I was in England and I got some sliced blood pudding
Fri Jul 13, 2018, 07:48 PM
Jul 2018

at breakfast...I thought it was Boston Brown Bread. It wasnt.

jpak

(41,757 posts)
37. A friend of mine from Austria absolutely HATED "American Bread"
Fri Jul 13, 2018, 08:53 PM
Jul 2018

I gave him a can of B&M Brown Bread as a joke gift.

I thought he was going to have a cow.

"Bread in a can!!!!"

Bah Brrrrrrah Spit...

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
40. My great aunt Nyda made the best nut bread
Sun Jul 15, 2018, 01:17 AM
Jul 2018

No dates or raisins, just pure sweet nut bread. She saved cans to make it in. The happiest day in my dad's life was when she relented and gave him the recipe. I got a couple loaves for Christmas every year and was really the only thing I looked forward to. Christmas ain't been the same since they passed.

No idea if the bread in a can is similar but I have pondered it as i strolled down the aisle at my grocery store. Not a fan of raisins though so never pulled the trigger.


There have been fights for the end piece. I don't usually care for the heel on a loaf of bread but this is way different.

herding cats

(19,564 posts)
41. I never knew you could buy canned bread before this.
Sun Jul 15, 2018, 03:19 AM
Jul 2018

Apparently it's a thing. I've made bread in cans many times before. Who knew they came already done that way?!

I can't vote, but I'm buying me a can of bread to check it out.

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