Anadama bread
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown. Anadama bread has been an etymological puzzle for a long time. Dare cites Dialect Notes (1915), and states "etymology unknown"; John Mariani's Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink also states that the term dates in print from 1915. The often-given etymology, "Anna, damn her!", is certainly apocryphal.
Noun[edit]
Anadama bread (uncountable)
- (cooking) A traditional yeast bread of New England, made with wheat flour, cornmeal, molasses and sometimes rye flour.