Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Comfort Food - Baked Beans

Do you like baked beans?  We do and now it's that time of the year again for comfort food - baked beans, casseroles - it all tastes so good when there's a chill in the air and feels so good going down!   I don't make beans that often but when I do, it has to be yellow eye beans, they're the best!  I used to bring them home from Prince Edward Island as we couldn't get them here in Ontario, I still do bring a few cans of yellow eye beans back for emergency meals but now we can get the bulk beans at Bulk Barn.  I wrote away to the company that cans the beans a few  years ago and they told me they were not available in Ontario because they were a "Maritime bean" - I never knew that!!


This is what has been stuck in one of my recipe books for years...




That's the recipe I use, (click on it to make it big) I make no changes and this is how they look...  I find that with the more modern ovens, you don't have to cook them for 6-8 hours, maybe half of that.


They're so good with a nice brown bread and of course, they taste even better because they were made in Pyrex and look pretty nice in charcoal snowflake - don't you think?


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8 comments:

  1. I love baked beans, but most often eat them from a can. Shameful, I know! ;)

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  2. Well, I learned something new Jill. About yellow beans being a Maritime thing. I don't do baked beans but I enjoy eating them when someone else makes them and with home made brown bread on the side. I also like Lady Ashburnham pickles with them. :) Another Maritime tradition. Saturday night was always bean night when I was growing up and I liked ketchup on my Clark's tinned yellow eye beans. Now we eat the maple style ones.

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  3. I always do a little shortcut version on top of the stove but I think I'll try these in the oven when it cools off down here. I love beans and these look yummy! With a few BBQ beef ribs....oh my!

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  4. Yellow eye beans! Never heard of those.

    I usually make my baked beans with navy beans, bacon and maple syrup...

    Beans! So comforting :)

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  5. i looooooooove baked beans! my mom hates beans so i never had them until i was 16 at a friend's house for dinner. i can't believe i missed them all those years!

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  6. Yummy yummy yum! That looks just like the recipe I use for Boston Baked Beans, but with a different kind of bean. I think mine uses red or kidney beans. And yes, they are that much yummier in Pyrex! Looks fantastic!

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  7. My mom always made her baked beans in the big yellow pyrex bowl. I have never had the yellow beans, she always used navy beans or maybe red beans. I'll have to ask her, but I do remember them soaking and how good they smelled! Your pot of beans look divine! I'm glad to know modern ovens cook them in less time.

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  8. Yummy Jill! They look wonderful, and of course will taste better baked in Pyrex. I made a casserole in my Pyrex yesterday. :) Pam

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