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

Example Sentences

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 McClure, Mary Jane

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

The boy in the centre with the colored glasses is Marco Bozzaris Cobb, who discovered and first brought into use the idea of putting New Orleans molasses into Boston brown bread.

From Comic History of the United States by Opper, F.

Take half a loaf of Boston brown bread; break in small pieces; put in an oatmeal kettle and cover with milk; boil to a smooth paste, about the consistency of oatmeal.

From Favorite Dishes : a Columbian Autograph Souvenir Cookery Book by Shuman, Carrie V.

A few days before Faye went to the mill I made some Boston brown bread.

From Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 by Roe, Frances Marie Antoinette Mack