Vermont Baked Beans Recipe
With summer right around the corner...
It's time to get out those bean recipes
This bean recipe calls for maple syrup,
A Vermont favorite,
A Canadian favorite and
A Wisconsin Favorite~
Which reminds me....
I need to stop at Bear Paw Scout Camp to pick up some
Bear Paw Maple Syrup
Why?
It's Maple Syrup Time!!
Check out this post from last year~ It's Maple Syrup Time
Another "new" to me recipe I'm going to make using maple syrup is a Canadian favorite:
French Canadian Maple Syrup Pie
Another sure sign that spring has arrived here
on the lake in Northern WI
Is the sound of the Red-Winged Black-bird
The song of the Red-Winged Black Bird for me,
Is a sure sign that the long winter is over and
Spring is finally here.
Excerpt From the book:
Birds of Minnesota and Wisconsin
By: Janssen*Tessen*Kennedy
"The sound of the season's first Red-winged Blackbird may be the remedy for a birder's winter blahs.
The males get an early start on the season, arriving in our marshes and wetlands a week or so before the females, often in early to mid-March.
In the females' absence, the males stake out territories through song and visual displays.
The male's bright red shoulders and short, raspy song are his most important tools in the often intricate strategy he employs to defend his territory from rivals.
A flashy and richly voiced male who has managed to establish a large and productive territory
- can attract several mates to his cattail kingdom."
- Now back to Maple Syrup and the Recipe..but first
- Check out this fun festival: Vermont Maple Syrup Festival
- 1 pound dry Great Northern Beans or Navy Beans
- 1/2 t baking soda
- 1/2 pound salt pork, sliced
- 1 large onion
- 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
- 1 cup molasses
- 1/2 t dry mustard
- 1/2 t salt
- water to cover beans
- Soak beans in cold water overnight
- In the morning par boil the beans with the baking soda added
- Par boil for 10 minutes
- Drain, reserving liquid
- Place 3 or 4 slices of salt pork in the bottom of a bean pot
- Add half the beans, onion and more salt pork
- Cover with remaining beans and 3 slices of salt pork
- (Ending with salt pork)
- Stir together the maple syrup, molasses, mustard and salt
- Pour over beans
- Cover bean mixture with reserved bean water
- Bake at 375 for 5-6 hours
- Here is another wonderful recipe using maple syrup:
- Maple Steel Cut Oatmeal
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I have not been compensated by any company mentioned in this post*