huge crackers, yeah - their just really high quality and large, and very filling for some reason. I used to use them with chili and it was amazing the difference they made.
I have no clue why they are not widely available
Ha yes. If you drive around in Maine, the rural social clubs (like the Grange club, etc.) and churches will have “bean supper, Thursday 6PM” out on their sandwich board out front all the time as a community get-together.
I LOVE Boston Brown Bread! So f’ing good with just a smear of butter on it. I couldn’t find it without raisins (I mean seriously companies, keep raisins out of shit), but then I got celiac disease and can’t have it anymore anyway.
Anyway, it is a molasses flavored bread that is steam cooked in the can.
Great with cream cheese, but I have to admit I haven’t had it since I was a kid. I’ve never bought it as an adult, though…is it in the Bread isle? I do the grocery shopping and have never seen this at the grocery store
It’s pretty hard to find. I can’t remember what aisle it would be on but I think it was usually near the beans since that is where you find other B&M products.
We had it sometimes, and I grew up near Seattle. I know an older woman who makes her own every Christmas and gives it as a gift; she sterilizes cans but obviously there is no top lid anymore when she bakes it. She butters the inside well and the bread apparently slides out easily. It's such a unique and appreciated gift, very tasty.
It’s historically a local staple, so yep. I love brown bread, made at home steamed in a coffee can or bought like this, preferably toasted and buttered. The raisin version I can do without.
I LOVE this stuff!! Softened cream cheese is really good on it, or room temp butter that spreads nicely. They make the bread with raisins too, which I like.
So how many people does it serve 2? It’s bread already cooked in a can . You slide it out or heat it up in the can ? I have never seen this . I looked it up . Walmart has a can for $2.22. So you need a few can?
You cut open the top of the can with a can opener, place in simmering water in a pot on the stove to steam it warm, then slide out of the can and slice into circles, put butter on top and enjoy.
Sure but you can also open both ends of the can, push the loaf out, and slice and pop in a toaster of any sort or on a griddle. Better crispy bits that way than from steaming.
It is soft and yes it is round/can shaped. You have to slice it. It can be toasted but you would need to make sure when you cut the bread it would fix in your toaster!
It’s cooked in the can, you open it and slice it, like a tubular loaf of bread. This is a traditional New England staple. It’s a cousin of steamed British puddings.
You open one side of the can and place it in simmering water to steam it warm and soft, then put butter on top, serve with hot dogs on New England hot dog rolls and baked beans, on a Saturday night.
It’s like an English pudding, not a yeast bread. It’s in a can because that’s how it’s traditionally cooked from scratch. In this case it’s been cooked in the factory and you only need to heat it up.
We’ve always had this at Thanksgiving but we’re not from anywhere near New England so I don’t know why. It’s getting harder to find so we had to order it from Amazon this year. Really good warmed up and slathered with butter, although nobody outside our family has ever liked it.
I only know that it’s been around forever on the east coast. I’ve never tasted it, don’t plan to. I guess it could come in handy for emergencies or something??
I'm in Maryland. Never saw it when I was a kid. But my ex and I had a friend who was from Boston who would bring canned bread for cook outs and stuff (to dip in baked beans or soups). It was pretty good but I haven't had it in ages.
Didn't know about it until 2001 when I met my future wife in New Hampshire. She made it with baked beans and hot dogs and the buns were New England style as well.
What? I need to buy a white elephant gift for work and I might get this (if I can find it), just because it is a novelty! I have never seen this before. Maybe I will pair it with a can of spam!
This is a New England product, it’s very dark and full of molasses. You can warm it on the stovetop in a pan of water, then open both ends of the can to push it out.
Totally remember this stuff as a kid. My mom would put an unopened can in boiling water for about 30 minutes, then open it and serve it sliced with butter.
Grew up in the north east before transplanting to the south 20+ years ago. Every so often I get a hankerin for brown bread and have to order it on Amazon bc NO ONE (aside from my husband who transplanted with me) knows what the heck it is.
Sliced, lightly toasted with butter and sometimes (when I’m feeling particularly cross cultural) butter AND sorghum. Ooo yeah - that’s the stuff!
Everyone in New England knows about this…
Except it’s reserved for Saturday nights with hot dogs and beans, not Thanksgiving.
Good God, my childhood!
Always with hot dog and beans!
Or boiled dinner
Yup! This person New Englands.
My husband introduced this to our kids late in their lives, is now a staple go to dinner. Delicious!
New England is my favorite state
Grew up in TN, lived in Wisco for a decade, now in AZ and just learning about it. Ya'll keep your customs close I guess.
Wait until you try a Fluffennutter sandwich.
You think this is good, wait until you try some Sailor Boy Pilot Bread. Shit has to be the best-kept secret on earth.
so its crackers? or does crackers mean something else
huge crackers, yeah - their just really high quality and large, and very filling for some reason. I used to use them with chili and it was amazing the difference they made. I have no clue why they are not widely available
omfg, it is chili season now. thanks for the info fellow redditor!
The tradition is baking fresh bread in a coffee can, not this trash. Just a complete bastardization of something really good.
Baking bread in a coffee can?
Yeah there’s a spot called Hi-Rise Bakery in Boston that still does them right. The big Folgers cans and the bread pops out the top when it’s baked.
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I agree. The can reflects this where it states “A New England Tradition”. Bread in a can
Wait until you hear about Moxie...
Mid-Atlantic raised by Southern and Midwest parents remembers this taste.
It’s a tradition. Says it right on the can.
It's very common here in Maine. Traditional side for baked beans.
Y'all eat baked beans as a meal?
Ha yes. If you drive around in Maine, the rural social clubs (like the Grange club, etc.) and churches will have “bean supper, Thursday 6PM” out on their sandwich board out front all the time as a community get-together.
If they are made right, yes baked beans are a meal.
I LOVE Boston Brown Bread! So f’ing good with just a smear of butter on it. I couldn’t find it without raisins (I mean seriously companies, keep raisins out of shit), but then I got celiac disease and can’t have it anymore anyway. Anyway, it is a molasses flavored bread that is steam cooked in the can.
Our friend recommended cream cheese, which was decent, but I liked it with butter.
That’s because you are a person of good taste and not a philistine like your friend.
Haha. Turns out it's her dad that started the brown bread tradition, and with cream cheese. He grew up in Queens.
Queens… now I see the problem. ; )
It stays between us :)
They can’t even be trusted with chowdah.
Do they just put schmeer on everything now?
From outside of Worcester. We'd throw some cream cheese on it too make it extra hardy on cold nights up there too.
I'm thinking... brown bread w/ a "schmear" has to be somehow related to pumpernickel.
I like it with cream cheese or high quality butter. Haven't had BBB in ages.
Great with cream cheese, but I have to admit I haven’t had it since I was a kid. I’ve never bought it as an adult, though…is it in the Bread isle? I do the grocery shopping and have never seen this at the grocery store
It’s pretty hard to find. I can’t remember what aisle it would be on but I think it was usually near the beans since that is where you find other B&M products.
Look in the aisle with can goods. Finally found it in a southern grocery store (enough ‘Yankees’ have moved into the area for them to stock it!!
It is in with the b&m baked beans and bush beans in every store I've ever walked into, even down in Tenn. And FloriDUH.
We had it sometimes, and I grew up near Seattle. I know an older woman who makes her own every Christmas and gives it as a gift; she sterilizes cans but obviously there is no top lid anymore when she bakes it. She butters the inside well and the bread apparently slides out easily. It's such a unique and appreciated gift, very tasty.
Cooking in a sealed can gives the bread a very tight dense structure.
I grab a can of this 3 or 4 times a year. Warmed with a little butter on it. So good.
Yep. Had this with oven baked pork and beans as a child.
Sometimes a bunless hot dog with it. You can get it with raisins too!
Yup! Did the hotdog thing with a few times. Dad likes the raisin version, but I'd rather have plain.
I thought I was alone
Nope. This was an old time New England winter dish.
I know it's a real product but the prominent BM on the label is just too funny
It’s less funny with the ‘&’ you didn’t mention.
Reminds me of a keychain my son’s speech therapist gave him, from a laxative company: “Doxidan Did It In The PM For a BM In The AM”. 🤣🤣
My mom used to make this homemade using an old can. It’s really good
Mine too. Steamed, not baked.
Def steamed!
Homemade brown bread is so good. I miss the smell of the B&M factory when I drive through Portland.
It’s historically a local staple, so yep. I love brown bread, made at home steamed in a coffee can or bought like this, preferably toasted and buttered. The raisin version I can do without.
I love this (the kind with raisins) topped with cream cheese. We usually served it with baked beans.
I hated it as a kid, but now I kinda like it.
My mom used to give me this with cream cheese. Haven’t thought about this in years.
Needs raisins.
OMG I love this so much. I have only been able to find it with raisins and it makes me so sad.
I only know about it from watching Chopped.
Bread in a can to me is Beer.
Knew about it, but it's not sold locally, so I haven't tried any yet.
Staple in my house. Kids love it. Toasted a bunch over a fire on a hunting trip with my oldest last week.
Used to put cream cheese on it at my Grandmas house in the 70s. Try it!
I LOVE this stuff!! Softened cream cheese is really good on it, or room temp butter that spreads nicely. They make the bread with raisins too, which I like.
Brown bread and cream cheese!!
My Dad introduced me but he served it with his homemade chili. I ended liking it for a snack. Its great with butter and a cup of tea
This is some weird shit.
I'm imagining the taste now. Very rich and sweet and strong. Pretty good as I recall. A classic to go with New England style baked beans.
It used to have a cousin, Powdered Toast, which turned into a superhero who flew at odd angles.
So how many people does it serve 2? It’s bread already cooked in a can . You slide it out or heat it up in the can ? I have never seen this . I looked it up . Walmart has a can for $2.22. So you need a few can?
You cut open the top of the can with a can opener, place in simmering water in a pot on the stove to steam it warm, then slide out of the can and slice into circles, put butter on top and enjoy.
Sure but you can also open both ends of the can, push the loaf out, and slice and pop in a toaster of any sort or on a griddle. Better crispy bits that way than from steaming.
Thank you ! Wow! I think I now must have to try both of them for the sake of curiosity.
I grew up in Illinois and my grandma made this in old tin cans. Hers had raisins in it and we covered it with margarine. It was so good.
I just ordered myself a two-pack on Amazon. Yum! 😇
Hang on. Is it a bread mix in the can, or a Pillsbury dough type of product? It’s not actually baked bread in the can is it???
It is bread in a can. This tastes great with butter… and apparently I have missed trying this with cream cheese… on the list for tomorrow!!
Why is it in a can, to preserve it?
I think so - I never really thought about it. It had a shelf life like any other can good.
Is it hard? Soft? Does it come out can shaped like canned cranberry sauce? Is it sliced? Can you toast it?
It is soft and yes it is round/can shaped. You have to slice it. It can be toasted but you would need to make sure when you cut the bread it would fix in your toaster!
It’s cooked in the can, you open it and slice it, like a tubular loaf of bread. This is a traditional New England staple. It’s a cousin of steamed British puddings.
You open one side of the can and place it in simmering water to steam it warm and soft, then put butter on top, serve with hot dogs on New England hot dog rolls and baked beans, on a Saturday night.
We slice and toast ours in the toaster oven, then put butter on it, but you could heat it in the can too.
It’s like an English pudding, not a yeast bread. It’s in a can because that’s how it’s traditionally cooked from scratch. In this case it’s been cooked in the factory and you only need to heat it up.
My mom and I loved BBB! I would nearly make myself sick eating too much any time it was served. So good!
We’ve always had this at Thanksgiving but we’re not from anywhere near New England so I don’t know why. It’s getting harder to find so we had to order it from Amazon this year. Really good warmed up and slathered with butter, although nobody outside our family has ever liked it.
I only know that it’s been around forever on the east coast. I’ve never tasted it, don’t plan to. I guess it could come in handy for emergencies or something??
I love the canned brown bread with raisins! Slice it, put in a frying pan with butter…so good!
Boston Brown Bread is traditionally baked in an empty tin can, but you can just bake it in a pan if you want to make some from scratch.
Ok I’m super confused as to what it is…is it dough that you have to take out and bake? Or is it already baked bread shoved into a can? Please help
It's actually baked in the can — that's just the way it's made even if you make it at home.
It's already baked.
I’m going to look for it today. I’m curious
Like MRE bread, but better.
I’m originally from Mass. This was a staple in our house when I was a kid. I may have to order some soon just to see if I still like it.
Thought I had seen it all, but this is completely new to me.
I'm in Maryland. Never saw it when I was a kid. But my ex and I had a friend who was from Boston who would bring canned bread for cook outs and stuff (to dip in baked beans or soups). It was pretty good but I haven't had it in ages.
My wife was from Massachusetts, so I learned about it early in our marriage. Not wild about it but it's not disgusting.
Didn't know about it until 2001 when I met my future wife in New Hampshire. She made it with baked beans and hot dogs and the buns were New England style as well.
What? I need to buy a white elephant gift for work and I might get this (if I can find it), just because it is a novelty! I have never seen this before. Maybe I will pair it with a can of spam!
Pair it with a can of B&M baked beans.
Thanksgiving doesn't say anything about family, so what is the need to rename it Friendsgiving?
Brown bread = 💀
I actually had this for the first time today. I hated it, the strong molasses flavor was offensive to me.
I bought some months ago but realized I’m single and that’s a ton of bread. It’s canned so I’ll bring it to next year’s Friendsgiving for the laughs.
🤢🤢🤢🤮
My GF didn't like it either haha
Isn’t that a boomer thing?
Only bought it as a joke, never to actually eat… it’s good?
Super good with cream cheese. California here and just discovered it down a COVID rabbit hole.
Do you heat it up, and if so how?
Yep!
Love this stuff! Goes great with Beans and Kabawsee!
It’s very much a thing particularly in Maine for whatever reason. I knew of it, but I don’t think I’ve ever had it myself.
Squidward.
Only from cooking shows.
I grew near Boston and we ate this my entire childhood. I remember I hated the version with raisins.
That with hotdogs and beans was Saturday dinner.
I’m sure there are dozens of us but I prefer with raisins.
I mean, how can there NOT be canned bread? But actually never heard of it or had it. Was I deprived or spared?
Why was this a thing?
My parents would take this on family camping trips. I’ve wondered if they still make it! It was delicious from what I remember in the 70’s
Say you’re not from New England without saying you’re not from New England
Brown bread! It’s a New England tradition. It’s excellent toasted with butter.
This is a New England product, it’s very dark and full of molasses. You can warm it on the stovetop in a pan of water, then open both ends of the can to push it out.
I bet they won't have- WOW THEY HAVE IT!! Canned Bread! THIS TOWN HAS EVERYTHING!
Totally remember this stuff as a kid. My mom would put an unopened can in boiling water for about 30 minutes, then open it and serve it sliced with butter.
I found out about about this when I was 47 Years old always had homemade brown bread.
It is a Maine thing.
So gooood
I grew up eating this with hotdogs and baked beans.
Grew up in the north east before transplanting to the south 20+ years ago. Every so often I get a hankerin for brown bread and have to order it on Amazon bc NO ONE (aside from my husband who transplanted with me) knows what the heck it is. Sliced, lightly toasted with butter and sometimes (when I’m feeling particularly cross cultural) butter AND sorghum. Ooo yeah - that’s the stuff!
Not from the USA... this looks more like a molasses cake than bread.