Pork and Beans

Original Recipe

Take two quarts of white beans, pick them over the night before, put to soak in cold water; in the morning put them in fresh water and let them scald, then turn off the water and put on more, hot; put to cook with them a piece of salt pork, gashed, as much as would make five or six slices; boil slowly till soft (not mashed), then add a tablespoonful of molasses, half a teaspoonful of soda, stir in well, put in a deep pan, and bake one hour and a half. If you do not like to use pork, salt the beans when boiling, and add a lump of butter when preparing them for the oven.

Ingredients

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  • 2 quarts of white beans
  • 1 piece of salt pork
  • 5 or six slices
  • 1 tablespoonful of molasses
  • 1 teaspoonful of soda
  • 1 deep pan
  • 1 hour and a half
  • 1 lump of butter when preparing them for the oven

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Take two quarts of white beans, pick them over the night before, put to soak in cold water; in the morning put them in fresh water and let them scald, then turn off the water and put on more, hot; put to cook with them a piece of salt pork, gashed, as much as would make five or six slices; boil slowly till soft (not mashed), then add a tablespoonful of molasses, half a teaspoonful of soda, stir in well, put in a deep pan, and bake one hour and a half.

  2. 2

    If you do not like to use pork, salt the beans when boiling, and add a lump of butter when preparing them for the oven.

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Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book , Baked (1887)