Boston brown bread

American  

noun

1. a dark-brown steamed bread made of cornmeal and rye meal or graham or wheat flour sweetened with molasses.

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Etymology

Origin of Boston brown bread

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

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Boston brown bread

It was hardly a sumptuous repast, but answered every requirement, there being canned Boston brown bread and beef tea, mixed with snow and seasoned with smoke.

From The Mountains of Oregon by William Gladstone Steel

A regular steaming can for Boston brown bread is, of course, very convenient, but the other cans mentioned are very satisfactory.

From Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 1: Essentials of Cookery; Cereals; Bread; Hot Breads by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

But she says the Boston brown bread ought to be soft enough even after six weeks.

From Ethel Morton and the Christmas Ship by Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke) Smith

For Monday there is a New England Supper—baked beans with hot Boston brown bread.

From Armour's Monthly Cook Book, Volume 2, No. 12, October 1913 A Monthly Magazine of Household Interest by Mary Jane McClure

This is as nice as Boston brown bread.

From Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Barkham Burroughs