Pork and Beans

Love baked beans but all the canned ones taste just alike. there are a couple that have some pepper bits in them.
I have to watch sugar as in none. Still eat some once in a great while.
Store boughtn will set up like a lump, of sugar, which the mostly are, when cold.
Made ,at home ,with just enough brown sugar and honey, to taste and some bit, of peppers, little onion and bits of pork or bacon, is my preferred. A little mustard but not much helps perk them up. Haven't tried the celery in them but will.

Pork N Beans - buy a can of them. open the can. eat the beans.
Baked Beans - do one of the recipes shown above.

I like them both ways, but prefer the first way.

Big potluck this weekend, guess what I'm bringing. LOL!

I do my beans this way:

Large can Bush's
Medium yellow onion, small dice
1c brown sugar
1 good squeeze of ketchup
1 medium squeeze yellow mustard
Couple shakes cayenne pepper
Couple shakes garlic powder
Couple shakes onion powder
Big pinch fresh ground course black pepper

1# good quality, thick cut bacon, smoked, cooked until just crispy, rough chop and folded into the beans.

5-6 tbsp pork fat from the bacon stirred into the beans

Cover with foil and into the oven for an hour or so until cooked through.

Home made boston baked beans are nothing like the canned stuff. They're time consuming but easy to make. I make them for family gatherings and everyone loves them. This is how I make them:

1 lb. navy beans or Great Northern beans
1/2 lb. salt pork or bacon
1 onion
1/3 cup molasses
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 Tbsp. dry ground mustard
1 tsp. ground black pepper
1 tsp. salt or to taste

Preparation:

Pick over beans and soak over night.

Chop salt pork to 1/4 inch cube and slice onion. Layer 1/3 of beans then 1/3 of pork and onion, repeat and finish with layer of onion and pork

Combine the molasses, brown sugar, and mustard with 3 cup boiling water. Stir to dissolve the sugar and mustard and pour the mixture over the beans. Cover the pot or slow-cooker and cook the beans for 4 hours. Check on them, if the beans are tender to the bite, stir in the salt to taste. Cover again and cook for another 2 hours

Drain all of the juice out of a can of pork 'n beans - push the lid down to get all of it out you can. Saute some chopped onions in a med. saucepan in a bit of oil for a couple of minutes, then add the drained can of beans, and about 2-3 tablespoons of brown sugar, 1/3 cup of ketchup, plus a teaspoon each of prepared mustard and BBQ sauce. Simmer over low heat for 15 minutes stirring often. You can make it tastier by frying the onions in bacon grease and crumbling the crisp bacon into the finished beans.

sdianel wrote:
My mom used to make "Hawaiian" Baked Beans. Bacon, onion, beans, brown sugar, ketsup and a small can of drained crushed pineapple. The ingredients can be varied to taste, for example I don't like as much onion. You also don't need as much brown sugar since the pineapple adds sweetness. You can prepare in a skillet or baked. She always got compliments and they were requested at pot luck dinners. If I had to guess at the measures, I would say 2 cans beans, 1/2 lb bacon, 1 small onion, 1/2 c brown sugar, 1/4 c catsup and the small can of pineapple. Brown the bacon, saute onion, drain off excess fat. Add other ingredients, simmer for 1/2 hour or bake at 350 degrees for 45 mins.

LOL! There are threads here where people are drinking this stuff. Fat chance they drain it, pun intended. ;)

My mom used to make "Hawaiian" Baked Beans. Bacon, onion, beans, brown sugar, ketsup and a small can of drained crushed pineapple. The ingredients can be varied to taste, for example I don't like as much onion. You also don't need as much brown sugar since the pineapple adds sweetness. You can prepare in a skillet or baked. She always got compliments and they were requested at pot luck dinners. If I had to guess at the measures, I would say 2 cans beans, 1/2 lb bacon, 1 small onion, 1/2 c brown sugar, 1/4 c catsup and the small can of pineapple. Brown the bacon, saute onion, drain off excess fat. Add other ingredients, simmer for 1/2 hour or bake at 350 degrees for 45 mins.

Super_Dave wrote:
Mine is a combination of Teamfour and NYCgrrl's plus a tube of hot JD sausage. But I think the most important ingredient is the smoke.

....making me swoonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn......

We always ate them cold. They were a staple for campouts when I was a kid.
As far as dressing them up, BBQ sauce, some brown sugar, and onions was the way we made baked beans before the market flooded with pre-made. Smoke is optional, but great if you have it available.