{"id":6318,"slug":"baked-beans-boston-style","title":"Baked beans, Boston style.","description":"From The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book (1919) by Victor Hirtzler.","ingredients_raw":["three pounds of white beans","one-half cup of molasses","one soupspoonful of English mustard","a cup of water","a little salt","one whole piece of fat, parboiled salt pork","water to moisten","Boston brown bread (for serving)"],"ingredients_norm":["white bean","molasses","soupspoonful of english mustard","water","little salt","whole piece of fat parboiled salt pork","water to moisten","boston brown bread"],"steps":["Soak three pounds of white beans over night in cold water.","Put same in a one and one-half gallon earthern pot with one-half cup of molasses, one soupspoonful of English mustard mixed with a cup of water, a little salt, and one whole piece of fat, parboiled salt pork.","Pour in just enough water to moisten, cover, and put in bake oven for four hours.","Or in a not too hot range oven for two and one-half hours.","If range is used, be careful that they do not burn.","Serve from pot, or in small individual pots, with Boston brown bread separate."],"categories":[],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":null,"source_name":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39550","source_ref":"pg:39550:w128:4","authors_url":null,"license":"Public domain (US)","license_url":null,"extraction_confidence":0.95,"content_hash":"3e0ac5701365c01f8a2bc4a49ad10ca677b42105b37e8b7b2a1f276bac3e9a53","created_at":"2026-08-02T16:51:22Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:32Z","notice":"Historical recipe (1919), reproduced as published: it may reflect its era's ingredients, language, and food-safety practices. Apply modern judgment on cooking temperatures and preservation.","url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/baked-beans-boston-style"}