Lost New England Brown Bread

Flint Corn and Rye

The rye in this photo isn’t special, but the corn is Roy’s Calais Flint, also called Abenaki Calais Flint, one of the rare old Northern Flint varieties that has survived in New England. The bread is the original New England brown bread.

EVERYDAY BREAD IN NEW ENGLAND for two centuries was big and round; it was made with corn and rye, raised with yeast fro…