Mom's baked lima beans (the long version)

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 pounds Dried lima beans, soaked overnight in
quart Water
2 Sliced onions
pounds Diced salt pork or bacon
1 cup Reserved liquid
¼ cup Dark molasses
cup Catsup
1 teaspoon Each salt and dried mustard
¼ teaspoon Pepper

Directions

(the long version from Edith Trouts, my Mom) Soak 1 pound dried lima beans overnight in 1½ quarts water. Do not drain water. Add 2 sliced onions, 1 ½ lbs. diced salt pork or bacon and simmer until tender. Drain and reserve liquid. To 1 cup reserved liquid, add ¼ cup dark molasses, ⅓ cup catsup, 1 teaspoon each salt and dried mustard and ¼ teaspoon pepper. Put beans in large casserole and pour mixture over beans. Sprinkle with brown sugar and baked in preheated 425 degree oven for 45 minutes.

Posted to EAT-L Digest 20 Jan 97 by "Raymond F. Falcon" <rfalcon@...> on Jan 21, 1997.

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