Anadama bread

Anadama bread

Anadama bread is a traditional bread of New England made with white flour, cornmeal, molasses and sometimes rye flour.

Origin of name

There are several popular myths about the origin of the name, which mostly take this form:

"A fisherman, angry with his wife, Anna, for serving him nothing but cornmeal and molasses, one day adds flour and yeast to his porridge and eats the resultant bread, while cursing, 'Anna, damn her.'"

This legend is considered dubious at best by food historians, despite not having a confirmed explanation for the name. It is also not readily agreed exactly when or where the bread originated, except that it was before 1940.

References

[http://www.jamesbeard.org/events/words/anadama.shtml Beard Foundation]

[http://www.anadamabread.com The Smith Family] of Rockport, MA, who claim to have invented the bread, and did run an anadama bread bakery.


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