Re: [CH] Limey baked beans

Dave Anderson (chilehead@tough-love.com)
Sun, 26 Sep 2004 21:12:53 -0700 

Busted my bean pot last year but the boss has convinced me that I can 
do them in a crock pot. The recipe I use is very close to Doug's 
moms. I like more salt pork, and I don't soak the salt out, so don't 
need any more, use a large onion, dark molasses, Coleman's dry 
mustard mixed with the molasses and no tomato juice. I like to add 
about 1/8 to 1/4 habanero powder. Actually I would add more, but no 
one else would eat them. Bake overnight and they're great for 
breakfast!

Dave Anderson
TLCC
http://www.tough-love.com

> OK,  you guys...the English will use dried white navy beans, and here
> is a recipe from my late mother's cook book, first published in 1938
> in VERY English Toronto. It is no longer very English, having become a
> melting pot, as has every other large metropolitan area. Here 'tis: 1
> 1/2	cups dried navy beans 1	tbls salt 3	tbls light molasses 3	tbls
> sugar 1/2	tsp mustard 2	cups tomato juice 1	very small onion 1/4	lb
> fat salt pork Soak beans overnight in water to which has been added
> 1/2 tsp soda. Change water and allow beans to simmer until the skins
> are about ready to burst. Do not boil rapidly. Drain, and put into a
> casserole. Cut the pork into 1/2 inch slices. Bury this into the
> beans. Add tomato juice and other ingredients, sufficient to cover the
> beans. Place lid on casserole and bake at 300 degrees F. foe about 6
> hours. Add more of the tomato mixture as needed. Remove cover during
> the last half hour, bringing the pork bits to the top to crisp. Serves
> 6. There you have it, from Three Meals a Day by Jessie Read, Food
> editor, Toronto Telegram original copyright 1938. This book was given
> to Marie by my mother when we maried in 1949! So, there ya go...NO
> chiles in this 
>   dish...little itty bitty mustard! But that is the way the English
>   ate 
> back then. I am certain that today things are different, but when it
> comes to beans, not a whole lot. As I mentioned to Dan, we have a
> Limey couple in the building who, when they were available here, lived
> on Marks & Spencer beans, which were about the same as these, or
> similar to English Heintz, totally unlike American or Canadian Heintz.
> Cheers, Doug on Vancouver Island BC
>