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

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

Boston brown bread may be steamed in an ordinary coffee can, such as is shown in Fig.

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

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

Boston brown bread buttered on the loaf and cut in very thin slices; spread with a filling of cream cheese and chopped walnut meats; press a buttered slice over it.

From The Golden Age Cook Book by Dwight, Henrietta Latham

Two thick slices of graham or Boston brown bread toasted as brown as possible.

From The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes by Campbell, Helen