Joe’s bread machine thread sent my mind reeling back some years. As a kid I remember Brown Bread In A Can. I believe it was made by the company who makes B&M Baked Beans. Does anyone recall this bread? It was one of my favorite.
Marty,
Here it is;
Brown Bread in a Can: Wholesome, Time-Honored Fare in 2 Flavors
For those who are unfamiliar with brown bread in a can, it may seem like some newfangled, space-age contrivance. But as those lucky enough to have been reared on this wholesome treat can tell you, it’s a throwback to old New England.
Made using only natural ingredients
A rich molasses taste
Serve right out of the can or toast, bake, or microwave it
Available in plain or with raisins
B&M’s version has been tantalizing taste buds since 1867. Extremely moist and dense, this mouthwatering bread is made using only natural ingredients and has a rich molasses taste that comes through with every bite. Slice and serve right out of the can or, if you prefer, toast, bake, or microwave it. Great with cream cheese, peanut butter and jelly, or flavored cheese spreads topped with cold cuts. Available plain or with raisins. Approx. 8 servings in 16 oz. can.
Price
H2657
Any 2 Cans Brown Bread
$8.90
Doug
Sounds like it would be a great match with a can of Spam!
Brad
its still a staple in new england!! MMMM GOOD!!!
Somehow I was never introduced to this product. Was/is this a regional item? Growing up we always had homemade breads, or traditional bakery breads made fresh. Never saw bread in a can, but like Brad said, it would be great with my beloved SPAM.
Joe
Superman loves it! (really) 
Go to famousfoods.com, click on “New England Foods” on top & scroll down to B&M Beans and click on the Bean Can.
Doug
That was one of my childhood favorites as well as ice box cake that was made out of thin chocolate cookies and held together with fresh whipped cream.
bill
TyroneFly -
Remember having it a long time ago, as a kid. Long before it was $8.90 a can.
It was a real treat - didn’t have it often.
Kind of like the smoked salmon my Grandfather used to bring to us on his way through Sacramento back to San Francisco from his annual trip to the Klamath Country. He’d trade what salmon he caught to the Native Americans for a lesser weight of locally smoked. The waxed paper wrap would come off as he walked through the front door and the smoked salmon would just disappear.
Gosh, I hadn’t thought of that for years.
Thanks for triggering the memory.
John
You guys are taking me back further than I care to go!! But d**n it was a nice trip!! 
One day a week as a youngster in New England i would go from school to my grandmothers house to mow the lawn—that was bread backing day. Brown bread fresh from the oven. In the service we would fly the Stintson L5 to the town of Du Quoin ILL land in a farmers field taxi under a tree to hide from the other planes ,also on bread baking day. BILL
Little wax bottles, about 2.5" tall with fruit flavored pop in them? Bite the top off, drink the pop, chew the wax bottle. Real “banana Flip”? Cherry flavored popped corn? The name ‘Kilgore’ mean anything? Orange Crush? Nehi Grape? A small whistle on the end of a string with a slim ribbon. Swing the thing around, looks kewl and whistled! Multiple shot ‘rubber Guns’? Clamp-on, ice skates and roller skates, required a ‘skate-key’ we all had one.
Let’s see -
TyroneFly and Grandpa’s smoked salmon.
Joe and Grandma’s fresh baked whole wheat bread.
Now JC brings up those little wax bottles with fruit flavored pop in them. Even chewing the wax. And “skate keys” of all things.
Can’t hardly wait for the next thread or post.
John
Oh my goodness! I remember a lot of those. The whistle on the end of the string brought back great memories I had forgotten. I remember those whistles as a kid. I also remember the rollerskate key tied around my next with a string. To this day Orange Crush is my favorite soda.
Do you remember those paper popguns that you flicked to open with a pop? I also remember getting a monkeygun as a kid as well and a Cox PT trainer. One of my favorite toys was an erector set with the motor to make a ferris-wheel.
Take a 2X2, two feet long. Drive a small nail almost in in one end. Tie a length of twine to it, two feet long. Cut 6 notches in one of the flats of the stick, vertical edge toward the end with the nail. Take a 1" ring cut from a bike inner-tube, lay the string over the notches and stretch the ring from the nail end to the first notch. A second ring will go from the nail end to the second notch etc. Aim and pull the string. 6 shots can be got off fast by ripping the string, or ‘single-shot’ if ya want. They would raise a nice black/blue knot easily.
Necco Wafers, Root Beer Barrels, Bit-O-Honey, Fruit Stripe, Beeman’s, Clove, Chiclets, and Bubble Gum, Charleston Chew, Mason Crows, Pop Rocks, Look Bar, Big Hunk, Rocky Road, U-NO, Almond Joy & Mounds, Candy Cigarettes, and Three Musketeers.
Doug
“Brown Bread In A Can”, is available here, in Oregon, just saw it the other day at the Safeway store! Joe, I’ll gladly send you a can, buddy, it’s something you should at least TRY once in a lifetime! (no, thanks, I’ve TRIED SPAM too many times for TWO lifetimes!).
I, also, remember, about 99% of all the other things, listed so far. (Geesh, we’re not dating ourselves, here are we?). Especially “Grape Nehi” and “The wax bottles you drank, then chewed up”!
“Cracker Jack’s prizes” that you could actually PLAY WITH? Getting a REAL TOY, in a box of cereal? MAKING, not BUYING, your own slingshot? "Mattel’s “Shoot’in Shell” model 30 Winchester and matching six shooter? (JUST LIKE… “Rough Rider” carried for real, in his westerns?) .29 for a gallon of regular leaded?
There WAS NO, “National Average” for an American marriage’s length to last. “Duck Tails”? “Desert Boots”? White Bucks? “Penny Loafers”? You argued, with your brother or sister, (or, both at times), as to “WHO, was going to GET UP and change the TV channel”? (They actually HAD KNOBS, that turned to make such a tragic task easier to do!).
And, gents, WHO among us can’t STILL recite the “Nestle’s Quick”, theme song? AND, spell, Nestle’s letter for letter as the song taught us to do? (Except, at this moment, I CANNOT remember the name of that DOG that always “clomped his mouth shut” at the end of the song!?!)
Paul,
Here is the dog;
Farfel - A friendly, floppy-eared hound dog puppet who talked with a sleepy drone in Nestle Quik chocolate commercials from 1953-65. Farfel was the pet dog of wooden dummy Danny O’Day created and operated by ventriloquist, Jimmy Nelson. In one of the classic 1950s commercials for Nestle’s chocolate candy, Jimmy Nelson remarked “Time to recharge with delicious Nestle’s Quik.” After the little jingle of “N-E-S-T-L-E-S, Nestle’s tastes the very best,” Farfel in an extended yawn delivered the closing line “CH-A-A-A-W-CLIT.” The distinctive snapping shut of Farfel’s jaws after saying “CH-A-A-AW-CLIT” initially happened by accident during rehearsals for the Nestle’s commercials when Nelson’s sweaty hands caused his finger to slip inside the puppet. Luckily, the folks at Nestles liked it and the rest is history. The Farfel character was born during a late night show in Wichita, Kansas. When someone left a little stuffed dog on his piano, Jimmy Nelson picked up the dog and began to ad-lib. Later, he contacted his figure maker Frank Marshall (creator of Danny O’Day) in Chicago to help create a wooden dog dummy. The name “Farfel” (nicknamed by Nelson’s piano player) is the name of a little noodle used in cooking. Farfel, Danny O’Day and Jimmy Nelson were visible on television’s early years as regular performers on THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW and cast regulars of THE TEXACO STAR THEATER starring Milton Berle." End Quote.
Doug
Holy, Moon Pies, Doug!! HOW, do you come up with all this neat information?? You MUST have Google, on Speed Dial, I swear!! But, thanks for the info, the dog’s name was driving me nuts! (okay, okay, NUTTIER, sorry).
Bottled our own rootbeer in the basement in those days-----now it experimenting on making every type of wine. BILL