Pork and Beans

Ingredients

• a pint of white dry beans
• one small pinch of salt
• half a pinch of pepper
• one tablespoonful of either syrup or brown sugar
• one medium-sized carrot
• a pound and a half of freshened salt pork

Method

1. 1

   Soak beans for six hours, then drain.

2. 2

   Place in a saucepan with salt, pepper, sugar, carrot, and pork.

3. 3

   Cook covered for two and a half hours, moistening with broth if necessary.

4. 4

   Serve garnished with pork on top.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The table (1889) by Alexander Filippini, page 201. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Pork and Beans. — Take a pint of white dry beans, soak them in fresh water for six hours, then drain through a colander. Place them in a saucepan, or preferably an earthen dish ; season with one small pinch of salt, half a pinch of pepper, one tablespoonful of either syrup or brown sugar, and one medium-sized carrot cut in two. Take a pound and a half of freshened salt pork

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