National Baked Bean Month This July

AS AMERICAN AS . . . BAKED BEANS
Silent but Deadly... National Baked Bean Month This July

When it comes to baked beans, there are certain truths that, as Americans, we hold to be self-evident: Like the fact that they’re a classic, national comfort food. But if you think this American favorite can only be made with White beans and traditional seasonings, think again. The truth is, like barbecue and other classic American fare, no single recipe for baked beans defines the dish for the country. When making baked beans, you have the freedom to experiment with different bean varieties, spices and ingredients to create a dish that suits your taste.

Regional Differences

Certainly, the New England-style baked beans – featuring Navy or White beans and molasses – are the most well-known and enduring. But around the country, different preparation methods and the use of regional ingredients can result in new renditions of this old favorite.

At Chicago’s Zinfandel restaurant, where Chef and Co-Owner Susan Goss presents “a celebration of American food and wine,” baked beans are as likely to appear in the traditional Boston-style as they are in a braised, Southwestern-influenced creation made with Black beans. Goss has even “upscaled” baked beans with confit of duck or foie gras in place of traditional pork fat or bacon. “Beans are a blank canvas that anybody can use to create a total comfort food,” she explains. “They’ve got great texture and blend well with the flavors of whatever they’re cooked with.”


I like mine in a can
put there by a man
in a factory down town

 

Roll that beautiful bean footage...

 

Someone explain to me how this thread got 'stuck'?
I like beans n all but c'mon damnit.

 

That could explain global warming.

 

More beans Mr Taggart?

I'd say you've had enough!!!!

 

So Bean Month gets a sticky but the Airfence Fundraiser doesn't?


HUMPH!

 

LMAO!

 

Beans beans
the magical fruit...

 

beans, beans
good for the heart...

 

the more ya eat,
the more ya toot....

 

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I can't believe it's the whole month!

This is better than Festivus! Better than Peat Moss Month! Better than 50 issues of Home and Garden with a 12 page Martha Stewart spread!

 

Mr Taggart.

 

Funniest movie EVER!

 

Who stuck this thread? Seek help...

 

I posted, because I love beans. oh, how I love themmmm.... sweeett....sweeet beans I love you...mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

I wonder when they are crowning Miss Baked Bean. Does anybody know what State won the competition this year? I missed the broadcast...

 

the more ya toot
the better ya feel.....

 

Why do they insist on putting pork in all cans of baked beans? I have to go to great lengths to get a can of beans without pork. Hey I know lets take a perfectly good can of beans and add fat flakes to it. Silly.

I like to add ketchup and brown sugar to mine. Brings out the flava!