Old-Fashioned Beans

Ingredients

 * 1 lb. pea or navy beans
 * water
 * 2 tsp. dry mustard
 * dash of pepper
 * 1 tbs. salt
 * 3 onions, chopped
 * 1/4 cup brown sugar
 * 1/4 cup molasses
 * 2 tbsp. sweet pickle juice
 * 1/4-lb. salt pork

Directions

 * 1) Wash and clean the beans.
 * 2) Cover with water and soak overnight.
 * 3) Drain.
 * 4) Add 2 cups water, mustard, pepper, salt, onions, brown sugar, molasses, pickle juice.
 * 5) Boil, covered, for about 1-1/2 hours. (Beans should be wrinkled.)
 * 6) Heat oven to 250.
 * 7) Cut salt pork into 1/2” cubes.
 * 8) Place in 2-quart bean pot.
 * 9) Cover with hot beans and their liquid.
 * 10) Sprinkle with pepper.
 * 11) Bake 8 hrs. covered, until very tender.
 * 12) When beans are baking for 6 hrs. add about 3/4 cup water or just enough to cover.
 * 13) Uncover the pot the last 1/2 hour.

Old-fashioned flavor and worth the wait!