Baked Soy Beans with Greens and Tomato

Ingredients

• 1 pint soy beans
• 14 tablespoons salt
• 1/2 lb. salt pork
• 2 cup molasses
• 4 teaspoon soda
• # tablespoon mustard
• 4 teaspoon cayenne
• Boiling water (about one quart)
• 1 onion
• 2 cups cooked spinach
• 1 pint tomatoes

Method

1. 1

   Soak beans overnight; drain.

2. 2

   Cover with fresh water and the soda and boil until skins break, but do not let beans become broken.

3. 3

   Cut rind from salt pork and cut into six or eight pieces.

4. 4

   To 1 cup of boiling water add the cayenne, salt, molasses, mustard, and tomatoes.

5. 5

   In the bottom of the bean pot place the onion and a piece of salt pork.

6. 6

   Add beans.

7. 7

   Pour over this the seasonings.

8. 8

   Cover the beans with boiling water.

9. 9

   Bake three hours covered.

10. 10

    Uncover, put spinach to which has been added 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 tablespoon of vinegar, and 1/8 teaspoon of pepper on top.

11. 11

    Bake 30 minutes and serve.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Foods that will win the war (1918) by Charles Houston Goudiss, page 45. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BAKED SOY BEANS WITH GREENS AND TOMATO 1 pint soy beans 14 tablespoons salt + lb. salt pork 2 cup molasses 4 teaspoon soda # tablespoon mustard 4 teaspoon cayenne Boiling water (about one quart) 1 onion “1 pint tomatoes 2 cups cooked spinach

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