To Bake Pork and Beans Without Oven
From Manual for army cooks, 1896
Soaking beans overnight is recommended.
Presented as published in 1896. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from Manual for army cooks (1896) by United States. War Dept. Subsistence Dept., page 116. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
TO BAKE PORK AND BEANS WITHOUT OVEN. Have a trench 18 inches wide, 18 inches deep, and from 4 to 6 feet long; keep a fire in this for several hours ; let fire die down so that there shall be a bed of coals and hot ashes ; it is then ready for use. Prepare beans as usual for baking and place in mess kettles ; pour in three quarts of hot water
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