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Grandma Pearl's Baked Beans
Ingredients
- 3 cups white beans
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- 2 tablespoons molasses
- 1 tablespoon prepared mustard
- ¾ pound fresh salt pork (notebook wording: “salt pork, fresh”)
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
Notebook directions
- Soak beans overnight.
- Rinse and drain.
- Cover with cold water in a pan and boil for 15 minutes.
- Drain and place in a buttered baking dish.
- Add the other ingredients.
- Scald and slice the pork.
- Add pork to beans, rind side up.
- Cover with boiling water and bake, covered, for 6 hours.
- Uncover and cook for 30 minutes.
Family and notebook notes
According to the creator's father, his mother Pearl made this baked-beans recipe. The handwritten directions do not include an oven temperature; none has been invented.
The written recipe does not specify how much boiling water to add beyond covering the beans, or whether the 15-minute boil fully softens them before baking.