Boston Brown Bread

Day 181: Quite a few years ago during a fit of "de-stuffing" (i.e., getting rid of things I wasn't using), I packed up several boxes of culinary equipment and shipped them off to my sister-of-the-heart in New Hampshire. It wasn't a decision I immediately regretted, but some time later, I had the urge to make orange slices (a jelly candy), and I couldn't find the molds. After searching the house from top to bottom several times, I decided I must have given them away, although I couldn't recall taking them to a thrift store. Then I remembered...Patty! I wrote to her and found out that she had put the boxes in storage, and they were buried too deeply for her to dig for them. Over the next few years, I kept reminding her that if she got into her storage space, she should look for them. To make a long story a little bit shorter, she found them last week and sent me photos of the contents which included not only the candy molds, but the Boston Brown Bread pans I'd also been trying to replace. She sent them back to me and today, I am making steamed Boston Brown Bread to celebrate. Jelly candies will have to wait until I can afford the flavourings.

And here's the update (with raisins, of course!)