OK , now that you guys have �he great bean recipe, now how about another to enjoy the beans. By now I am sure some of you will have planned on trying the beans.
New England Brown Bread.
1 cup cornmeal
1 cup whole rye flour
1 cup wholw wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup dark molasses
2 cup buttermilk
2 tablespoons melted shortening
Stir cornmeal,rye flour and whole wheat flour witha spoon to fluff them up before measuring. Lift lightly into cup wi�h spoon to measure. Sift cornmeal,wheat flour with soda,baking powder and salt 3x,add bran in sifterto the mixture. combine molasses,buttermilk and shortening. Add to dry ingredients amd stir untill thouroughly mixed. Spoon batter into 3 well greased molds or tin cans(2 1/2 capacity) filling them about 2/3 full(about 1 2/3 cup batter each). Cover with lids or double thick ness of waxed paper tied securely in place. Steam 1 1/2 hours or until springy when pressed and no longer sticky. cool a few minutes, then remove bread from molds and serve warm with butter.
Along with all this , try a few sprinkles of apple cider vinegar on the beans and enjoy a traditional New England SAt night supper. Use some BBQ pork or hot dags to go along.
For molds, I use coffe cans as works great.
peartree51