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

Two Boston brown bread, cream cheese, and nut sandwiches, and two white bread and jam; a little round cake; a pear.

From A Little Cook Book for a Little Girl by Benton, Caroline French

Althea, seeing my disappointment and disgust, declined partaking of the delicacy, but father managed to eat some of it, explaining that it was Boston brown bread.

From My Friends at Brook Farm by Sears, John Van Der Zee

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

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 Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)