Muriel Swetnam used to bake this unbelievable bread the old-fashioned, Nova Scotian way: using huge recycled coffee cans for the actual baking.  She would sell it at church bake sales and I remember one day, she popped over to the house with a few loaves which we devoured in one evening.  Eat it warm with real butter.  Here’s Muriel’s Famous Brown Bread recipe.