Canned Bread

By | September 3, 2003

Now, the truth can be told. Canned bread is real and it exists on shelves in stores unlikely to be anywhere near you. Nonetheless, you will definitely want to read this in depth review of the canned bread phenomenon. This riveting, critical analysis was brought to you, me, and the rest of a surly, yet inquisitive world by the same website responsible for explaining why the McGriddle is the most popular breakfast item yet engineered by mankind that simultaneously exceeds the US RDA for fat, sugar, protein, jet fuel, complex carbohydrates, and artificial coloring. And if that’s not enough lipid loving goodness for you, it’s time to get shopping.

Update: Thanks to the work of an investigative correspondent, I can share this glimpse of the food of the gods with you.

Two cans of brown bread

30 thoughts on “Canned Bread

  1. Richard Berger

    McGriddle – I want to try one. But I can never get to McD’s before noon. Given the popularity, don’t you think they should move to a Denny’s style 24 hour breakfast menu?

    On a related topic, McD’s is moving to a new slogan (but I can’t remember what it is).

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  2. weber Chen

    I am curious about “Canned Bread”. Is there any related products existing in the world? In fact, I ever saw this kind of products in Japan. Is that also possible to export to another country? How long is the duration of the bread, and how good is the taste? I am very interesting of exporting this kind of products to sell in my country. I may need some information about this
    thanks

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  3. Robert

    I have no idea what to tell you. I have neither seen nor tasted canned bread myself, though I’m looking forward to being able to cross that off my urgent To-Do list soon. I think the story I linked to pretty much sums up the canned bread experience.

    What I can tell you, though, is that I typically get a couple people a day coming to my website because that have searched on the phrase “canned bread” on a search engine. If you check out the more relevant B&M Company products page, you’ll be pleased to learn that canned bread with raisins is an exciting option for those times when plain canned bread just won’t do.

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  4. dave

    Ah, now.
    Until you’ve experienced warm B&M canned brown bread, served alongside grilled franfurters and baked beans, you cannot truly be said to have lived… seriously good stuff.. more of a muffin than bread.
    chow down!

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  5. An Old Fart

    mmm, I loved this stuff when I was a kid, it’s very cakelike… now I want some

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  6. Robert

    Excellent! The photo gets my appetite going. The plain brown bread looks like a jumbo vienna sausage and the raisin brown bread looks like a jumbo vienna sausage studded with chocolate chips. I like the photo so much I’m going to update my original post to include it.

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  7. Tony

    its funny how a kids show can make you look for things like canned bread but thats the only reason that I was even curious about this item. I was wondering what kind of texture canned bread has.

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  8. jonboy

    People laugh at me when I tell them I like canned bread…The stuff is REALLY GOOD! Toasted with a little butter is absolutely delicious.

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  9. Suzanne

    B & M Brown Bread w/ cream cheese, & some homemade baked beans with bacon, brown sugar,& molasses (esp.Grandma Brown’s brand), are just one of those mouth watering memories that one can not dismiss…nor would one ever want to forget-Yummy!!!

    I love B & M Brown Bread…It’s readily available in most all supermarkets here in upstate NY. Just ask for it at your local grocers-they may be located near the canned beans, or baking aisles.

    Canned bread is not strange at all…It’s been around for hundreds of years. Look in some old (English)recipe books for steamed bread & puddings; most of these are simply yummy desert breads that are steamed in a can, in a covered pot of water…You can even make them in a crockpot using a clean empty can…

    Here’s a link to try: http://www.recipelink.com/mf/2/13057

    Enjoy!

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  10. Chichimec

    Ha! Brown bread! I used to have that stuff as a kid, can’t find it anywhere at all now. I’m 21 so it was probably something that was fading out of existence already when I was a kid. Maybe it’s a midwestern thing; I live in Cali, parents from Nebraska and Vermont. It’s also something that’s hard to dig unless you’ve always had it, like Dinty Moore. It’s good stuff from what I remember. Good times. Long live the canned bread.

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  11. elsie

    Vermont Country Store carries plain and raisin varieties. I can get it in stores in Massachusetts.

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  12. wildflower

    mmmm, delicious canned brown bread…best prepared as follows: open one end of the can, place can upright in a half filled pot of water on the stove…bring to a boil…turn heat off, carefully remove can from pot (it certainly will be hot) shake the newly steamed bread out of can and smother in butter. yummm! (side note: I used to remove the can after the boil and shake the bread out only to put it back in (topside down now) and place back in pot so that both ends would get fully steamed)

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  13. Vickie

    We used to have B&M canned bread quite often when I was a kid, 45 years ago.We always had it on hand in case we ran out of the other. That was in Ohio and one can still buy it here at the local grocery.

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  14. Martha

    After searching all the grocery stores in the San Diego area, I finally found B&M Brown Bread at Stater Bros in Rancho Penqsquitos….

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  15. Joanie

    For some reason I’ve been thinking about this bread lately. I can picture it, taste it, and remember its texture. How great to see others having similar memories. With the world in such a mess, having canned bread may become a symbol of social status. The bunker of the future will not be complete without canned bread!

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  16. Dan

    These brown bread adventures are all great,
    and I fondly reminisce about beans, franks and
    brown bread and cream cheese, BUT…
    the japanese bread is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!
    it is WHITE bread in a can, not as dense or heavy.
    If you find an import portal into the US
    it would be cool to try.
    To begin the cuisine conversation, I think the meal
    would have to be
    Whole chicken in a can, White bread in a can
    Canned potatoes, a veggie of your choice, and
    (I cannot keep a straight face)
    Canned beer. You’ll probably need tums too.

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  17. Matthew Wainwright

    Brown bread! Grew up on the crap and thought it was a figment of my imagination until I moved back to Mass and saw it in the market. We would get hot dogs, baked beans and the bread for dinner.

    http://www.bgfoods.com/bm/bm_products.asp

    Scroll down 2/3 of the way down. Also available in raisin! It actually manages to be a bit more disgusting than the original! Hooray!

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  18. Patricia Scribner

    I remember when growing up, you used to make brown bread with walnuts. Do you still make them?

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  19. Bob Slattery

    I just bought a can of brown bread at Publix supermarket in FL.
    Have not tried it yet

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  20. Barbara Abbott

    There were government canneries in Oregon and Idaho not all that long ago where you could put your own brown bread or pudding batters in cans and they were steamed & canned for you. You can still make your own batters and steam them in straight sided canning jars if you have your own pressure canner. Does anyone have any of those recipes? Would appreciate info on those recipes.

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  21. Barbara Abbott

    There were government canneries in Oregon & Idaho not all that long ago where you could put your own brown bread or pudding batters in cans and they were steamed & canned for you. You can still make your own batters and steam them in straight sided canning jars if you have your own pressure canner. Does anyone have any of those recipes? Would appreciate info on those recipes. please email me at Babbott85617@aol.com

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  22. Lorrie

    When I was younger I remember my mom buying canned sweet bread, like Banana Nut and Chocolate Chip, but I can’t remember who made it. Does anyone else remember this?

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  23. Karen

    Used to eat brown bread in a can 20 years ago. I can’t find it now. Can anyone tell me if you can buy it in any store near San Francisco, California?

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  24. Ryan

    As a kid my dad would feed us C-rations when camping; I distinctly remember eating C-rat canned white bread, was a largish can, around the size that the B&M stuff comes in, maybe larger. Slightly odd taste from the canning process, slightly yeasty.
    Very dense, not too crumbly.

    We have a ready supply of B&M products as we live near Plymouth MA. THe baked kidney beans are a favorite of my girlfriend, and I like the Traditional baked beans and Brown Bread W/Raisins.

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