Last Podcast on the Left just dropped an episode on this, so far only covering why a giant vat of molasses existed through its obvious shoddy construction.
to those curious
In Boston and thereabouts, scrod refers to any meaty white fish, usually cod or haddock.
And to those unfamiliar with the joke:
A woman lands at Logan Airport in Boston. She gets her luggage and jumps into a cab. She tells the cabbie, “Take me to a place where I can get scrod.”
The cabbie turns around and says, “That’s the first time I’ve heard it in the pluperfect subjunctive.”
I think I’ve heard that joke a dozen times, but I’m not sure I’ve ever heard someone local actually tell it.
I’m currently 6 miles from Logan as the crow flies. And I own a bean pot.
I know you’re local, I meant having the joke told in the wild.
We also have a bean pot!
That was my dad’s favorite joke. He was a born and raised Boston boy.
I’m 6.25 miles, but no bean pot.
The much-maligned idea of beans cooked with hot dogs is actually quite yummy. I use jumbo all-beef hot dogs which end up with a nice firm texture and smoky flavour.
But I would suggest substituting Bush’s Homestyle beans for the Heinz, and adding some hickory-smoke barbecue sauce to taste. Bush’s are better beans IMO and the homestyle has thick chunks of bacon. I used to use Heinz but will never go back!
I don’t cook that, the camp serves it to me. So i take what i get. 
The worst was the year they make the beans from scratch, and underestimated the cooking time, and they were badly undercooked.
A small but upscale restaurant in Olmsted Falls, Ohio makes Amish baked beans with 3 or 4 varieties of beans and adds pieces of their homemade sausages. The restaurant is an offshoot of their butcher shop that features many sausages. The dish is addictive, just amazing.
Beany-weenies have been around for many years for a reason. Extremely easy (and cheap) to make but delicious. It has a good salty-sweet flavor to it.
Dice up some cooked bacon and mix it in if you want to level it up.
How about Boston steamed brown bread? I never heard of it until I happened to see it in the store, shortly after seeing this on TV. It’s basically a cake-like brown bread with raisins.
When I was a kid my Mom (from NC, not Boston) made Boston baked beans in the crock pot. They were the best baked beans I’ve ever had, but I had gas for a week.
When my kid was in Cub Scouts we overnighted one year at Plymouth Plantation, and that was one of the dinner items. I think the other was some kind of chicken-corn chowder. Molasses-sweetened, IIRC.
The camp serves Boston steamed brown bread and coleslaw along with the main dish of beanies & weenies. I smear a lot of butter on it. It’s delicious. And the sweetness goes well with the beans.
Who maligns them? They’re a classic comfort food.
I’d say I do. I’m not fond of beans in sweet sauce. Putting hot dogs in doesn’t help me like them more.
Turns out molasses in January ain’t that slow.
Ralph Kramden! 
There’s an episode of The Honeymooners where Ralph and Alice are forced to economize, and Ralph bemoans being served “franks and beans” yet again.
But I agree that well prepared beans are tasty (I forgot to mention that in addition to smoky barbecue sauce, sauteed onions are essential) and pieces of hot dogs or kielbassa enhance it. But both of the latter are examples of highly processed meats that I try not to have too often.