# What do you put in your baked beans? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 18, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-in-your-baked-beans/688665 "2014-05-18T00:32:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-in-your-baked-beans/688665/21 "2014-05-18T20:38:23Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Yep, and it all simmers in the crockpot for a while if there’s time. That sounds good. I love lima and butter beans. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-in-your-baked-beans/688665/22 "2014-05-19T10:30:20Z")
How about a diced-up bell pepper? How about a pureed Jalopeno pepper? ---
**Author:** ![Why\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b782af/32.png) [@Why\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_Child)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-in-your-baked-beans/688665/23 "2014-05-19T14:13:06Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Always from scratch - never canned as a starter unless I’m just cooking dinner for myself. \ I tried making them from scratch one time, and oh! what a fiasco! :eek: I probably should have at least looked at a recipe, but it seemed like such an easy thing. I soaked my dried beans like I would for bean soup, then put them in the baking dish, seasoned it, and popped it in the oven at 350º. Two hours later I tried one - still hard. So I turned it up to 400º and waited two more hours, same result. Got mad, turned it up to 450º. I eventually had to add a glass of water, and the stubborn kicked in, so they cooked a total of 8 hours at 450º and never got more than semi-edible. :mad: ☹ > [@JustinC](#): > > \ > > Note; this is British-style baked beans which are just beans and tomato sauce. I hear US baked beans have a lot more added. British-style baked beans sound a lot like our pork and beans! There’s pretty much no pork in it, unless you count the one fatty globule of nasty stuff. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-in-your-baked-beans/688665/24 "2014-05-19T14:23:42Z")
Lots of info and recipes in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=506598&highlight=baked+beans+silenus) from a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-in-your-baked-beans/688665/25 "2014-05-19T15:37:37Z")
I just add chopped-up viennas, for that C&H “cigar butts in a gallstone sauce” feel… ---
**Author:** ![Why\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b782af/32.png) [@Why\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_Child)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-in-your-baked-beans/688665/26 "2014-05-19T15:39:04Z")
Thank you, **silenus**! I’ll give baking the baked beans another shot. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-in-your-baked-beans/688665.md?page=1)