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So, you all thought I was only an Italian Cook?!?!? Well, for the most part I am. But, I'm originally from the North Shore of Boston (pronounce it "Bah-stin"), and I love to eat good Baked Beans. SO, I got this wicked good recipe from my friend Tara's mom. They're the BEST. I suggest you book it to the kitchen store and buy yourself an earthenware beanpot (the big brown/white thing). Not fuh nuthin'!

2 pounds navy pea beans
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
2 tsp. dry mustard
2/3 cup molasses (dark brown)
1/2 pound salt pork
2 medium onions, chopped

Directions:

Rinse the beans in cold water. Strain and place beans in a big metal pot and cover with fresh cold water. Soak overnight. In the morning (start at 10 a.m. for a 5 p.m. dinnertime), add 1 tsp. of salt and simmer for 1 hour, skimming off the foam occasionally. Drain but save the liquid. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Add beans to bean pot and add remaining ingredients except salt pork. Add saved liquid to the pot and mix. Cut up the salt pork into little sqares and add to the bean pot. Stir it in. Bake beans in a 300 degree oven for about 7 hours. Check it about halfway through and add water if necessary (usually it'll take up to 2 cups water). Enjoy! -Diana

Submitted by Diana Bogue
Contributed on: Sunday September 11th, 2005 and modified on Saturday February 18th, 2006