Post yer favorite family baked beans recipe

[jpak]

Last edited Mon Dec 4, 2023, 02:14 AM - Edit history (2)

Ain't nothin betta than a big steaming bowl of homemade baked beans for breakfast, lunch or suppa on a cold winter day.

My Antarctica recipe (I made this at Palmer Station on Sundays. The cooks didn't work Sundays so we had to make do...The Station Manager wouldn't let me leave without giving him the recipe.)

It's pretty much standard except for the dry mustard - it's what gives it that special tang.

I bag yellow-eyed beans.

Bigass piece of salt pork - you can use a chunk of beef marinaded with salt overnight or neutral vegetable oil and salt for veggie....

One large onion peeled, whole

1/3 cup brown sugar

1/3 cup molasses (light or dark)

4 teaspoons dry mustard - important - gives it tang but doesn't make it taste "mustardy"

I literally had to guard it with stew ladle to keep the bean vultures away - and make bowls for folks who couldn't get away from work.

I'd get on the "All Call" and announce "Beans are ready"...

Pandemonium

Yup

[2naSalit]

1. My mom added...

A half onion, finely chopped. I think she might have used mustard too. It sure was good and I always looked forward to it when she made them. I could see a bowl of beans with some toasty brats on the side with some grilled onions. Mmmm!

[jpak]

3. Ack - forgot the onion

Added it.

People in Antarctica fought over it

[2naSalit]

4. I could see that!

I recall that I hated it the first time she added them!

[Wonder Why]

2. Here's mine

Gather:

1 pound, cleaned lima beans
1 pound black beans
1 quart licorice ice cream
1 cup each of cherries, strawberries and blueberries
1 pint dark chocolate, melted
1 can Redi-Whip
1 cup of Peppermint Schnapps

Then
Place beans in pot filled with water. Start boiling.
Pour remaining ingredients in large bowl
Throw away beans
Sit and have a delicious meal