Old Fashioned Baked Beans
Comfort food at its finest! This has been a staple in nova scotia homes for generations. Serve with brown bread and butter, and a good cup of tea! Prep time includes soaking the beans overnight.
Steps
Soak beans overnight , well covered with cold water.
Pour off soaking water and pick over beans to remove any bad ones , or debris.
Put beans in a pot.
Cover with fresh cold water and add 1 tsp.
Baking soda.
Bring to a boil and cook until skins of beans crack when you take one out on a spoon and blow on it.
Cut onion in quarters and put in bottom of a bean crock or large casserole.
Add the partially cooked beans.
Put cut up salt pork on top.
Combine brown sugar , molasses , mustard and salt with 1 1 / 2 cups boiling water.
Pour over the beans.
Add more boiling water , if needed , to come just to the top of the beans.
Also , if needed during baking tme , add more boiling water.
Bake , covered , at 300 degrees f for 6 hours , or until beans are tender.
Ingredients
beans, baking soda, onion, salt pork, brown sugar, molasses, dry mustard, salt