B&M brown bread or brown bread with raisins. How to decide?

[Charmonium]

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[lxskllr]

They're both good. The one with raisins is a little sweeter. Plain is usually a bit cheaper on amazon. That's where I have to get it, cause they don't sell it down here.

 

[Captante]

Raisins. Slam-dunk.

 

[Ken g6]

Canned bread? For my grandmother "brown bread" was dark rye.

It's not sweet, though. At all.

 

[HomerJS]

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Eww. I thought they made baked beans?

 

[pete6032]

I've never seen that in my life. What part of the US is this popular in?

 

[Charmonium]

@pete6032 - I think it's endemic to certain parts of New England.

 

[lxskllr]

I've never seen that in my life. What part of the US is this popular in?

New England. I'm in MD, and I've never seen it on a shelf, so the lower bounds of it's territory is somewhere north of me.

 

[BoomerD]

Yeah...I think I had it once or twice when I was a kid in Mass...not since.

 

[IronWing]

Grocery stores in Arizona carry it. I don't think I've tried the version with raisins.

 

[Charmonium]

Grocery stores in Arizona carry it. I don't think I've tried the version with raisins.

Interesting. I'm guessing there are a lot of New England Yankees down there.

 

[pete6032]

Interesting. I'm guessing there are a lot of New England Yankees down there.

Snow birds. You can find a lot of Midwestern/Northeastern foods in Southern grocery stores, especially ones near retirement communities.

 

[sdifox]

Op neglected to read the text. It says Hergestellt in der Weimarer Republik

 

[Muse]

didn't know they have bread in cans. I have made bread for decades before I got a bread machine. Nowadays I just make my favorite loaf. It's organic whole wheat rye with caraway seeds.

 

[Ajay]

@pete6032 - I think it's endemic to certain parts of New England.

Yup. Had it allot as a kid. My grandma and mémère often served it.

 

[pcgeek11]

They have it here in SC at Walmart and World Market...

Both Raisin and Original.

 

[pete6032]

Looking up the recipes it looks pretty easy to make. Don't even need to let it rise or anything. Basically looks like soda bread with molasses mixed in. Looks good. Might try and bake it at some point.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

This (among other things) is what's so screwey about that place. You can spend $8-9 per can for regular (options 1 and 2), or you can spend $3 a can (option 4) for it. Add raisins and it goes for $7.50 a can (option 5), or $5 a can (option 3). They all free delivery in one way or another.

 

[lxskllr]

Look for a whole flat. It's usually cheaper, but you have to pay attention on amazon. Last two times it was walmart who shipped it.

 

[MrSquished]

I think I need this in my life

 

[esquared]

I've had it as a kid and I am in California.
My dad liked it and he's originally from east coast.
This stuff has been around for probably 100 years.

Just checked, B&M started making this canned brown bread in 1928.

The Surprisingly Long History Of Canned Bread - Tasting Table

If you're from New England, you're familiar with B&M canned bread, and if you've ever wondered about the history of the beloved bread, you're in for a treat.

www.tastingtable.com

 

[IronWing]

Looking up the recipes it looks pretty easy to make. Don't even need to let it rise or anything. Basically looks like soda bread with molasses mixed in. Looks good. Might try and bake it at some point.

My wife has made it a few times, comes out very good.

 

[Geekbabe]

@pete6032 - I think it's endemic to certain parts of New England.

IT is, I like both types, yummy!

 

[iRONic]

Yeah...I think I had it once or twice when I was a kid in Mass...not since.

Chased it with a bottle of Moxie…?

 

[lxskllr]

I bought some Moxie from amazon just so I could try it. Expensive getting it shipped. I don't drink much soda, but I'd consider it a choice if it was available locally. Too expensive to buy online though, and I could count the soda I drink in a year on one hand.