Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

2 lb Pinto beans
2 qt Water
1/2 lb Salt pork
2 ts Salt
1 c Molasses
1 ts Dry mustard
2 tb Brown sugar

Wash beans,discarding imperfect ones. Cover with water; bring to the
boiling point, boil 2 minutes, then soak 1 hour or more. Without
draining, cook slowly until the skins burstwhen you take of few on a
spoon and blow on them. lDrain, reserving the cooking water. cover
salt pork with boiling water. Let stand 2 minutes, drain, and cut
1-inch gashes every 1/2 inch without cutting through the rind. Put
the beans in the bean pot. Push the pork down into the beans until
all but the rind is covered. Mix remaining ingredients. Add 1 cup of
the reserved water and bring to the boiling point. Pour over the
beans and add enough more water to cover the beans. Cover the bean
pot. Bake 6 to 8 hours at 250F. Add water as needed to keep the beans
moist. Uncover the last hour of baking so that the rind will be brown
and crisp.

Recipe By : The Little Mountain Bean Bible Cookbook

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