Making beans!

[MissMillie]

Homemade Boston Baked Beans (which means absolutely no tomato product whatsoever!) are in the oven as we speak. I put them in about 15 minutes ago.

In about 45 minutes my kitchen is going to smell heavenly, which is every bit a part of the experience of baking beans to begin with. Can't wait for that glorious aroma.

Can't wait to eat them for dinner tonight.

[Lindsay]

2. My Grammy's baked bean recipe

is on my agenda for later this week. They're flavored with chopped onion, tomato sauce, molasses and yellow mustard. They taste like no other baked beans I've ever had, but Grammy used to make them for all our family potlucks, so there are lots of good memories attached.

Enjoy yours!

[MissMillie]

6. minus the tomato,

I'll bet her recipe and mine are pretty similar. I use onions and yellow mustard in my beans as well.

[Submariner]

3. I grew upon that stuff with brown bread and hamburgers or hot dogs with the baked beans

or leftover with eggs and linguica for breakfast, or smeared on bread for an open-faced bean sammich. Love them beans still.

But cooking at home wasn't on Mom's list of things to do, so Friend's beans were her friend. You obviously know how to cook and eat well.

[MissMillie]

5. There are MANY things that I don't make homemade

I don't bake, so when it comes to cakes, biscuits, bread, cookies, pie crust, etc., I tend to rely on packaged products.

I don't make homemade pasta. I tried it a few times and I could never get the texture right.

But there are some things that I just have to have my own way. Beans and spaghetti sauce being at the top of the list. Oh, and applesauce.

I've never found versions of those things pre-made that I care for very much.

Besides, when making some of these things yourself, you get that wonderful smell in the kitchen. I swear that if someone produced a "baked bean" candle, I'd burn it in my home all the time.

When I was a working, single-mom, I used to get all my chores done on Saturdays and then spend my Sundays cooking up homemade stuff that we could either heat up for dinners during the week, or freeze for use at a later date. (This came in handy the time I came down w/ pneumonia. We ate out of the freezer for a week. By the time I felt well enough to go back to cooking, I had so much empty Tupperware that I didn't have room for it in my cabinet. lol)

[pintobean]

4. Murder!

[samnsara]

7. yum! one of these days i will have to cook something.. i had to call hubby at work asking......

...how to turn on the oven light


….just call me princess Ivanka....

[Fla Dem]

8. Surely you started off with a nice piece of salt pork.

My Grandmother and Mom made them all the time.

[MissMillie]

10. Of course!(n/t)

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[Ohiogal]

9. Sounds delicious, MissMillie!

I am making oatmeal raisin cookies as per my hubby's request, so my kitchen smells kind of good, too.

[MissMillie]

11. Hubby is lucky to have you!

I'm no fan of raisins, but you're giving hubby what he asked for, so good on you!

My parents have been married for more than 68 years. I think one of the reasons they lasted that long together is that they said "yes" to each other as often as possible.

[Ohiogal]

14. Thanks!

My son won’t eat raisins, either....

I do pretty good with desserts, although cookies are probably the best thing I make.

[Bayard]

12. I made a big pot of vegetable and ham stew last night

The smell of it cooking was terrific.

[zanana1]

13. Yum.

I make them every year at Christmas. Also, pork pie.

[akraven]

15. Can you email me some?

I'd be willing to wager we use close to the same recipe - NO tomatoes!

[MissMillie]

16. We had the last of them tonight

w/ our dinner.

Don't get me wrong--I like tomatoes. Just not in my baked beans.