Boston Baked Beans When I got this recipe, I didn't even like beans. I got this recipe out of a magazine laying around the waiting room by the ICU in the local hospital, when Mom was in the hospital on Christmas Eve. I was tempted to rip the page out of the magazine, but I figured Santa might be watching... Ingredients 4 oz salt pork, cubed (fattier is better) 2 oz bacon cut into 1/4 inch pieces 1 medium onion, finely chopped 1/2 cup plus 1 Tablespoon mild molasses 1 1/2 Tablespoons brown mustard 1 pound dried small white beans salt 1 teaspoon cider vinegar ground black pepper Why Boston? Why not Poughkeepsie? Put the oven rack in the middle position, and heat the oven to 300 degrees. In an 8 quart dutch oven, add the pork and bacon, cook on medium head until lightly brown and mostly rendered, approximately 7 minutes. Add the chopped onion, and cook until the onion is soft, about 8 more minutes. Add 1/2 cup of molassess, the mustard, beans, 1 1/4 teaspoons salt, and 9 cups of water. Turn up the heat to medium high, and bring to a boil. Beans, Beans, the Magical Fruit Cover the dutch oven, remove from heat, and place in the oven. Bake until the beans are tender, approximately 4 hours. Stir once at the 2 hour mark. Remove the lid, and continue baking until the liquid turns syrupy, approximately 1 - 1.5 hours more. Remove from the oven, add 1 Tablespoon of molasses and the cider vinegar, and salt and pepper to taste. Serve. Notes and Hints and Stuff Have Enough Time Including prep time, this takes about 7 hours. Be sure you have all day!