Love Bush’s Homestyle beans! I’ve still got a few cans of Heinz in the pantry, but I may donate them to the local food bank. Thanks for the tip on adding some hickory-smoke BBQ sauce to them—I’ll have to try that.
Coincidentally, I still have an old can of Heinz beans (just one) from before I discovered Bush’s. It’s probably well past its Best By date!
I use Bullseye Hickory Smoke barbecue sauce. And don’t forget the sauteed onions! I sautee white onions in a pot with a bit of olive oil, then add the beans and a dollop of barbecue sauce, stir, turn down the heat and simmer until it thickens, stirring frequently. It’s ideal with sausages and fries.
Try Bush’s Grillin’ Beans made with bourbon and brown sugar. They have a lovely Bar B Que-ish flavor..
Well, if we’re talking other kinds of beans, give me Ranch Style Beans any day! Though usually with something else Tex-Mex.
We used to live a few miles from the factory, but I understand it has moved.
My mom (a Brooklyn transplant) made it a lot growing up. The key is finding tin cans without ridges so the bread slides out easier.
My Nana Pauline used to bake date nut bread in cans as is done in this recipe. She sometimes used 1 lb coffee cans instead.
Try using a side cutting can opener. I find that they leave a very clean edge.
You’d have better luck in Boston finding a New England boiled dinner.
When I visited about 20 years ago, one of the items on the menu was baked beans served in a big mug.
Not in a bread bowl made from a hollowed-out Parker House roll? (Sort of the East Coast equivalent of the clam chowder served in a sourdough bread bowl at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco.)
I could be misremembering, but I recall them being served in a big mug.
Cheers - The Bull & Finch Pub Menu
Mug Of Boston Baked Beans
Our traditional recipe with molasses and sliced hot dogs. $4.99
It was definitely in a mug on an old menu, could it have also had hot dog slices?
Due to all this talk of beans, I’ve just fried up a mess’o’onion in olive oil, thrown in a can of Bush’s Homestyle beans, added Bullseye Hickory Smoke barbecue sauce, and now it’s done simmering.
Sadly, I had no hot dogs to simmer it with, so I’ll have it with fries and breakfast sausages! I have only faint memories of childhood food, but my Mom once told me that Dad loved beans and fries, and I think I inherited the gene. In my childhood home, fries always meant homemade from scratch and deep-fried in oil.