primitives full of beans

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/11577325

Oh my.

grasswire (33,063 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
 
A food question answered in the latest Saveur magazine

I have often wondered why canned baked beans are sooooo sweet. It was a puzzle to me. The latest Saveur has an interesting spread on New England baked beans and a bit of history included. They say that baked beans became sweet in the 1850s when New Englanders started adding molasses. The trend toward sweeteners in bean pots began then. I think it has gone too far, personally.

I can't eat them -- carbs. But all that sweetener can't be good for those who do like them.

B&M makes 5 million cans a year!

And oddly, Brits eat more baked beans than Americans do.

Angry Dragon (16,511 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

1. Beans are a staple of English breakfasts

The defrocked warped primitive, she with the face like Hindenberg's, who's been banned from nursing for life:

Warpy (62,530 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

2. Canned baked beans are too sweet for me most of the time and I've found it necessary to add extra mustard to help cut it a bit.

At least now that Stupid is out of office I can buy Bush's Vegetarian Baked Beans without wincing. They're far less sweet than B&M and I like them a lot better.

Gormy Cuss (24,854 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

3. Basic New England baked beans: navy beans, molasses, salt pork, dry mustard and onion, baked in a bean pot on low heat for hours.

I grew up eating homemade batches and B&M beans, the latter produced in a factory not far from my home. Some of my relatives and neighbors worked there.

I find canned beans to be very sweet these days but I still make baked beans from scratch. The molasses lends more of a smoky flavor than a sweet one.

fizzgig (15,187 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

4. i love beans on toast

breakfast, lunch or dinner. i usually add some garlic salt, mustard and whatever spicy i want, maybe a bit of apple cider vinegar to the beans.

i'm half tempted to heat some up now, but my husband would want to share and he doesn't need beans this close to bed.

[JohnnyReb]

New England baked beans????? Wazzup with that?...I always heard them called "Boston Baked Beans". Do the drunks in Boston not do beans any more?

...and since sweet beans aren't good for you, from now on I will only eat beans swimming in mollases. I'm gonna get my Obamacare moneys worth. 

[AllosaursRus]

Warpy (62,530 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

2. Canned baked beans are too sweet for me most of the time and I've found it necessary to add extra mustard to help cut it a bit.

At least now that Stupid is out of office I can buy Bush's Vegetarian Baked Beans without wincing.They're far less sweet than B&M and I like them a lot better.

Oh for shit's sake!

I thought I'd heard the Warped primitive say some of the most ridiculous crap to come out of a primitives mouth, but this one should land her in the rubber room! You want to boycott a product just because the name is the same as a political individual that disagrees with you commies takin' over our country?

Hey, Warped! **** off and die! Whata twat!