KLINGON STEAMED BREAD
1 cup white cornmeal
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup all-bran cereal
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ginger
3/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
1/2 cup dates, chopped
2/3 cup powdered skim milk
1 1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup honey
1/2 orange, unpeeled
1 cup rhubarb, chopped
1 margarine, to grease cans
2 37 oz empty cans
Directions
Mix together in a bowl all the dry ingredients including dates and
walnuts (leave out only the buttermilk, honey, orange half and
rhubarb). Put the buttermilk and the honey in the blender. Wash an
orange, cut off any price or brand marks and cut it in half. Cut the
orange half into chunks and add it to the blender, being sure that
you have removed all the seeds. Run the blender until the orange
chunks are chopped into little bits. Now add the buttermilk mixture,
along with the rhubarb chunks, to the dry ingredients and mix well.
Pour immediately into greased cans, filling each can no more than
two-thirds full. Cover the filled cans with aluminum foil, and secure
the foil with a rubber bands. Place them in a large pot, on some kind
of a rack so they are not touching the bottom of the pot. Pour in hot
water until the bottom 2 inches of the cans are covered. Bring to a
boil and keep the water boiling gently for about 1 1/2 hours.
The pot should be covered and there should be a little steam
escaping at all times. Check the pot occasionally to make sure that
there is enough water left.
At the end of 1 1/2 hours, check with a skewer, right through the
foil. If it does not come out clean, cook for another half hour and
recheck. When the loaves are done, take the "hot" cans out of the
pot. When you are ready to serve, uncover a mold, shake the loaf out
onto a breadboard and slice it. Serve warm with butter or cream
cheese.
Servings: 2 servings
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