Boston Baked Beans

Ingredients

• 1 qt. pea beans
• 1 tbsp. salt
• 1 lb. fat salt pork
• 1/2 c. molasses, New Orleans
• 1 tsp. soda
• 1 tbsp. mustard
• cayenne
• 1 c. boiling water
• 1 small onion

Method

1. 1

   Pick over and wash beans, cover with cold water and soak overnight.

2. 2

   Drain, cover with fresh water and parboil, with soda.

3. 3

   Drain again.

4. 4

   Pour boiling water over pork, scrape rind and score.

5. 5

   Cut off one thin slice and place with the onion in the bottom of the pot.

6. 6

   Put beans in pot, then press pork in beans, leaving only the rind above.

7. 7

   Mix the seasonings, molasses, and 1 c. boiling water and pour into the bean pot and bake in slow oven 8 to 10 hours.

8. 8

   Add water as needed.

9. 9

   Uncover bean pot during the last hour of baking to brown the rind.

10. 10

    Serve with Boston Brown Bread.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from A laboratory manual of foods and cookery (1916) by Emma B. Matteson, page 33. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Boston Baked Beans Ingredients : i qt. pea beans i tbsp. salt i Ib. fat salt pork \ c. molasses, New Orleans i tsp. soda \ tbsp. mustard cayenne boiling water i small onion Method : Pick over and wash beans, cover with cold water and soak over- night. Drain, cover with fresh water and parboil, with soda. Drain again. Pour boiling water over pork, scrape rind and score. Cut off one thin slice and place with the onion in the bottom of the pot. Put beans in pot, then press pork in beans, leaving only the rind above. Mix the seasonings, molasses, and i c. boiling water

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