# Bacon in baked beans: Yay or Nay? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 13, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-baked-beans-yay-or-nay/452852 "2008-06-13T20:34:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-baked-beans-yay-or-nay/452852/1 "2008-06-13T20:34:02Z")
I am 100% in the Yay camp but from perusing Allrecipes, it seems that the majority do not use it. What say you? If you have a favorite baked bean recipe, don’t be afraid to share. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-baked-beans-yay-or-nay/452852/2 "2008-06-13T20:38:34Z")
Definitely Yay, or Yea. I make my mom’s baked beans. There’s no recipe though. She started with pork & beans from a can and added molasses or brown sugar, dry mustard, ketchup, onions, and lots of bacon – cooked bacon in the beans and uncooked bacon in a layer on top. Baked in a casserole until the liquids were almost absorbed and the bacon was done. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-baked-beans-yay-or-nay/452852/3 "2008-06-13T21:06:18Z")
Absolutely yes. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-baked-beans-yay-or-nay/452852/4 "2008-06-13T21:12:40Z")
While I can see legitimate reasons for eliminating bacon, such as religious dietary restrictions, or a desire to pursue a vegetarian diet, otherwise, why would you not put bacon in your beans? Hell, yeah! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-baked-beans-yay-or-nay/452852/5 "2008-06-13T21:19:26Z")
Before I became Jewish, yes. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Laalune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@Laalune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laalune)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-baked-beans-yay-or-nay/452852/6 "2008-06-13T21:20:36Z")
Of course! That’s what gives it the taste. ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-baked-beans-yay-or-nay/452852/7 "2008-06-13T21:23:52Z")
Bacon puts the pork in pork n’ beans. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-baked-beans-yay-or-nay/452852/8 "2008-06-13T21:25:38Z")
Bacon goes in everything. Especially beans. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-baked-beans-yay-or-nay/452852/9 "2008-06-13T21:26:32Z")
Yea. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-baked-beans-yay-or-nay/452852/10 "2008-06-13T21:31:21Z")
Bacon, bacon grease, left-over pulled pork, anything that looks like it might have once been \*near \* pork…it’s all good. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-baked-beans-yay-or-nay/452852/11 "2008-06-13T21:31:38Z")
[QUOTE=Madd Maxx] Bacon puts the pork in pork n’ beans. [/QUOTE] [jim carrey] PORK AND BEANS!!! [/jk] And yay to bacon. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-baked-beans-yay-or-nay/452852/12 "2008-06-13T21:39:35Z")
Yea. (And I’m Jewish. \ My wife used to work for a vegetable cannery, and they put bacon in their beans in mass quantities. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-baked-beans-yay-or-nay/452852/13 "2008-06-13T21:44:19Z")
If you’re looking for some bacon validation, **KRM** , obviously you’ve come to the right place. **carnivorousplant** , man, that’s got to be rough! Is catfish also on the no-fly list? If so, you picked a lousy state to be from, you know. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-baked-beans-yay-or-nay/452852/14 "2008-06-13T21:46:17Z")
No piggy comestibles for me. (And I’m not Jewish.) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-baked-beans-yay-or-nay/452852/15 "2008-06-14T00:08:40Z")
mmmm…bacon good. Try adding some coffee for a nice smokey flavor. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-baked-beans-yay-or-nay/452852/16 "2008-06-14T00:33:29Z")
Much as I enjoy baked, why not go all the way and make ranch beans? The recipe I have somewhere includes bacon, chorizo, and pork sausage. Also onions and cilantro. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-baked-beans-yay-or-nay/452852/17 "2008-06-14T01:45:33Z")
Yes, on bacon. I’ll try to dig out my recipe for Calico Beans tomorrow night. Best, ever. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-baked-beans-yay-or-nay/452852/18 "2008-06-14T01:58:25Z")
[QUOTE=An Arky] **carnivorousplant** , man, that’s got to be rough! Is catfish also on the no-fly list? If so, you picked a lousy state to be from, you know. 😃 [/QUOTE] Yeah, catfish have no scales. We are forbidden to work or “make sparks”, like using a personal computer on Shabbes…oh, Hell. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-baked-beans-yay-or-nay/452852/19 "2008-06-14T02:02:05Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] Definitely Yay, or Yea. I make my mom’s baked beans. There’s no recipe though. She started with pork & beans from a can and added molasses or brown sugar, dry mustard, ketchup, onions, and lots of bacon – cooked bacon in the beans and uncooked bacon in a layer on top. Baked in a casserole until the liquids were almost absorbed and the bacon was done. [/QUOTE] Your recipe sounds almost exactly like my wife’s. Yummmmmmmmy. The consensus seems to be in favor of bacon. I don’t know what those Allrecipes people are thinking. ---
**Author:** ![akira5822](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@akira5822](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akira5822)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-baked-beans-yay-or-nay/452852/20 "2008-06-14T02:06:51Z")
[QUOTE=lobotomyboy63] Much as I enjoy baked, why not go all the way and make ranch beans? The recipe I have somewhere includes bacon, chorizo, and pork sausage. Also onions and cilantro. [/QUOTE] Give up the recipe please!!! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-in-baked-beans-yay-or-nay/452852.md?page=2)