Boston Brown Bread

Directions

1. Mix well the flour, meal and salt; add to them the boiling water.
2. Mix the milk and molasses together, and add them to the scalded meal.
3. Dissolve the soda in the sour milk and add it last.
4. Turn the mixture into a covered cylindrical mold or into a covered pail, and steam it for three hours; then uncover and bake in the oven for half an hour.
5. Slices of this bread toasted, buttered and covered with cream make a good luncheon dish.