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Default Recipe: Pop Up Bread (Another "heirloom" recipe)

Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:38:37 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
>
>> Yep, coffee can bread was well known and popular s late s the 1960s.
>> Any recipe I've ever seen for it always called for a 1 lb. coffee
>> can. Perhaps some popularity was lost when the coffee industry
>> downsized their 1 lb. cans to (what is it) 13 ounces?

>
> Part of the problem with this is that the majority of coffee I see in
> the store is in plastic containers. That could make quite the mess in
> your oven.
>
> Carol
>

It doesn't have to be a 'coffee' can. Pork and Beans is a can that comes in
various larger sizes and would be cheaper to buy than coffee. And you can
doctor the can of cheap pork and beans to take to a pot luck or use as a
side/main for your family.
Janet