On Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at 4:41:37 PM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
> I had a lot of baked beans when I was young but they were always canned
> and I never developed a great appreciation for them. A couple times I
> have had home made baked beans and they were much better. Last month my
> son took me to a BBQ joint in Buffalo and they had beans that were
> incredible.
>
> Realizing how good they can be, I looked up some recipes and was all set
> to give them a try. I was planning to use a recipe that called for a
> pound of bacon. Today I had to go to a store to get some things for a
> pot luck family thing tomorrow and planned to get some bacon and some
> beans. I was surprised to find they did not have navy beans. They had
> pinto beans, kidney beans, black eye peas, yellow peas, green peas,
> several varieties of lentils, but now navy beans.
>
> Dang. I was looking forward to some good beans.

They are better if you make them yourself. I do! Not mushy beans like the called crap! I like my beans to have a little "bite" to them! And when making from drid beans, you can do what you want! So I do! (No I don't have a "recipie" per se.)

John Kuthe...