Northfield's Town Meeting Day Baked Beans
"Good old baked beans were and still are the staple of many town meetings, and this one from the Northfield Ladies of the Congregational Church would most likely have been used at their Town Meeting. The Northfield Cookbook was produced in the early 1900s, with inscriptions on the title page by Mrs W W Thomas in 1916, and then by Mrs B W Thomas in 1931 and finally by Elsie Thomas, no date. It is a well-worn, much-used recipe book that now resides in the collections of the Vermont Historical Societys Library in Barre."
One quart great northern beans
1 lb. salt pork
1 tsp. mustard
2 tsp. maple sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 Spanish onion
Parboil beans until tender but not broken, drain, put into bean pot, mix maple sugar, salt, and mustard with 1 cup boiling water and pour over beans. Dip rind of pork in boiling water and scrape until white. Cut in half inch strips and place beans 1-2 inches above them. Cover with boiling water and bake 8 hours or more. Add water during baking to keep moist.
Recipe from Mrs. F.N. Carpenter was originally printed in The Northfield Cookbook. Reprinted with permission from the Vermont Historical Society.
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