Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  1                cup  whole-wheat flour
  1                cup  rye flour
  1                cup  yellow cornmeal, degermed
  2          teaspoons  baking soda
  1           teaspoon  double-acting baking powder
  1           teaspoon  salt
  2               cups  buttermilk
     2/3           cup  molasses
     3/4           cup  seedless raisins

Preparation:

1. Sift together flours, cornmeal, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Stir in raisins.

2. Beat together milk and molasses and stir this mixture into dry ingredients.

3. Heavily butter two 1-pound coffee cans and divide batter equally between them. Cover with buttered round of aluminum foil, securing it in place with kitchen twine.

4. Place cans on a rack in a large soup kettle. Add boiling water to reach halfway up sides of cans. Bring water to a boil, cover kettle tightly, and simmer bread for two hours.

5. Remove cans from kettle and allow bread to cool for ten minutes. Turn bread out of cans and serve at once.

Nutritional Information:

198 Calories (kcal); 1g Total Fat; (4% calories from fat); 5g Protein; 45g Carbohydrate; 1mg Cholesterol; 480mg Sodium