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ImStillMags > wrote:
> On Jun 12, 7:47*pm, "gloria.p" > wrote:
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> > When you first mentioned and posted the Graduation Beans recipe I
> > thought "Ick". * I take it all back. *One of my neighbors made them last
> > year for a potluck and I've had them a few times since at various
> > gatherings.
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> > They are DELICIOUS!
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> > gloria p
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> OK....I'll bite, what are graduation beans. I Googled it but can't
> find a recipe. Are they the same thing as 'cowboy' beans with the
> ground beef and a variety of beans??
No meat. Lots of similar recipes abound.
The Famous Humboldt Avenue Graduation Beans
Posted to rec.food.cooking again by Barb Schaller, 6-13-2010
Serving Size: 20
1 can baked beans ( B&M or Bushıs) (28 oz.)
1 can French-style green beans (16 oz.) drained
1 can red kidney beans (16 oz.) drained
and rinsed
1 1/2 cups each: packed brown sugar, chopped celery,
chopped onion, and chopped green pepper
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 cup chili sauce
1/2 cup ketchup
5 strips bacon
Dump it all together except the bacon. Lay the bacon strips on top.
Bake at 350 degrees for a couple of hours. Eat em up. These may be
soupy. Very recent experience eating them (at a family graduation
party) concludes that wet and soupy is better than thick and mushy.
The story of the beans: In about 1976 or so, Mary Nutter pried this
recipe from some folks in Iowa, whose family wedding she was attending.
Mary served these beans at Debbie Nutterıs graduation party. Note that
the Nutters and the Brletiches (Schaller neighbors) have 11 children
between them, of approximately the same ages. For about the next 7
years, one or both of those families served the beans at their
respective graduation parties. After the second serving, Rob Schaller
dubbed them The Graduation Beans and looked for them at all the parties
-- and they were there.
Incidentally, the recipe serves 20 or so people, unless one of them is
Rob Schaller -- then itıs food for about 16 people!
--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller
Updated 4-24-2010 with food story and pictures