Other Dee has wonce again lead me to something wonderful. hometown favorites is a site where you can find hard to find grocery items, and candy, and gift baskets. It's very cool. There are no whole canned chickens, much to my dismay, as far as I can tell, but there are some cool things. I can't direct link items, because it wont let me and i don't know how. But, by browsing around, you may find under the desert secton, what appears to be brown bread in a can. now, i can't really tell if it's some sort of mix, or if it is actually a fully made brown bread in a can, but the picture on can is a can-shaped bread. If anyone has had, or knows about 'B&M Brown Bread - Plain' or 'B&M Brown Bread - Raisin' tell me about it. Actually, screw it, I'm going to google it.
{googling...}
Ah, good ol' Amazon. that link actually takes you to the 'B&MŽ Brown Bread Raisin' page. But if you don't really want to click through, here are the higlights (direct copy and pasting of parts of the Amazon.com website to follow, colored blue. Anything typed in blue from here on out should be credited to amazon.com.):

-A New England Tradition
-Toast it, microwave it or eat it straight from the can
-Slice to desired thickness and spread with cream cheese or preserves and butter
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Product Description
B&M Brown Breads are made in the can, the traditional New England way. The can is covered with waxed paper, foil or a small plate and then placed on a shallow rack in a pan, then covered and cooked in steam for approximately three hours. The result is a hearty, flavorful brown bread with a homemade taste.

well, there you go. actual brown bread, in a can. there were no customer reviews of this on amazon, so i googled that too. Here is a review that states "It's not terrible, but it's not undeniably good, and you definitely wouldn't want to make a sandwich out of it." So there you have it. the article is worth the read, if only to read the part about making things our of the canned bread and toothpicks(there is a picture). And the article also mentions whole canned chickens! If only to say "Bread in a can does not appear natural; it's a throwback to an era in American history when they canned whole chickens." still it's mentioned, and that's cool.

so thank-you again, Other Dee! you have just gave me a new way to waste (almost) 30 minutes, which is how long it has taken to to write this, including the canned bread research. so...thank you! To show my appreciation...I will link you again. for Other Dee, click here.

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