2 down, 50 to go! I had to make this classic when it got cold in the middle of the week (not a big surprise for January, I know). Having a pot of beans on just warms the whole house. I had been researching a variety of baked bean recipes, all claiming to be the best, and realized they all amounted to about the same thing. Sure were good! Here it is, partially from the back of the package of Maine (c) dry beans I bought at Hannaford. (grown nearby in Fryeburg at Green Thumb Farms!)
2 cups Maine Yellow eye beans
4 strips bacon
1/2c molasses
2 tsp dry mustard
1 small onion, minced
dash of salt
1. Soak the beans either overnight or quick soak by bringing up to boiling and allow to sit for an hour.
2. rinse with fresh water and bring to a boil in a heavy bottomed pot. Say a bean pot. Or enamel coated cast iron (I love my enamel coated cast iron!!). Boil until the skins split when you blow on them (They really do! took about an hour).
3. Leave just enough water to cover the beans and add the remaining ingredients. Now if you are a true bean person bake them in a woodstove for 6hrs. Or leave them in the crockpot for 6 hours. Or cook them down on low heat, watching carefully to make sure they don't burn until you can't stand it anymore and you have to go to work and you eat some. Let the rest sit in the crockpot. Beans get better with age. The flavors meld. These were much better leftover the next day.
Bean Stats:
Name: Yellow eye bean
Source: State of Maine brand, Hannaford
Cost: $5.69/ 2lbs
cooking method: soak, boil, and bake
final dish: Classic Maine baked beans.
I promise I will take a photo next week, now what would be a good lookin' bean to photograph?
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