Boston Isn’t Called Beantown for Nothin’ The bean has been around Boston as long as Boston has been around. The colonists took to cooking dried beans from the American Indians, who depended on beans as a staple food. The Indians of New England would dig pits in the earth and line them with stones. The beans were then placed inside deer hides with maple sugar and bear fat and slow-cooked in the pits, later called bean holes. This bean baking method eventually evolved into the practice of cooking beans with salt pork and molasses, which ultimately became known as Boston Baked Beans. It was traditionally served every Saturday night in early New England. The tradition began with Puritan Sabbath, which started promptly at Sundown on Saturday and continued until sundown on Sunday, an adaptation of Old Testament custom. No cooking was allowed on the Sabbath, so Puritan wives were busy baking beans in brick ovens on Saturday to be eaten piping hot with steamed brown bread that night. The remains were left in the oven where they were kept warm until families returned from church on Sunday morning ready for breakfast. Unfortunately, most baked beans eaten today come out of a can. But with the official Boston Bean Pot from The Pot Shop, you can now recapture the old fashioned flavor of hearty, delicious, slow-cooked Boston Baked Beans.

Beans the old-fashioned way. As anyone who's ever done the cooking for a Boston ham-and-bean supper will tell you: You really need a genuine bean pot to make Boston baked beans the authentic old-fashioned way. For that deliciously slow, sweetly fragrant baking, you want the traditional pot's classic shape and sturdy stoneware protecting your beans from burning or overcooking, while keeping them moist and tasty. The Pot Shop's classic glazed brown-and-white pots and lids are dishwasher-safe. They're versatile for cooking and even make great decorator accents. Each order includes: 2 1/2 Quart Bean Pot 1 lb Uncooked, Baking Beans Official Boston Baked Bean Recipe *Note: Please allow two business days for processing before order ships

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