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An Article by Richard Mann Here's a rough-and-tumble, he-man sort of baked beans from a writer of stories of the Old West. These beans feature the regular baked bean ingredients, but add doses of strong black coffee and bourbon, among other unusual things. If you're up for baked beans that'll put hair on your chest (so to speak), give these a try.
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Hart Stilwell, a frontier novelist, made a rough version of these beans over campfires while on fishing and hunting trips.
The name Hart Stilwell was not familiar to me, so I did a quick tour of the Web to see what I could find out about him. Not much, as it turns out. Amazon.com carries no books by (or about) him. I did, however, find a copy of a fishing article he wrote in the February, 1947, issue of Outdoors Magazine, entitled "They're Either Too Big or Too Small." You can read it, too, if you wish, at http://www.whopperstopper.com/ReadingRoom/55tarpon.htm. (Whopperstopper?)
And that was pretty much all there was about Mr. Stilwell--other than his beans, of course.
Editor's note, added long after this was originally written: An alert reader let me know what I was doing wrong. Apparently, the original source I used for this recipe misspelled Mr. Stilwell's name, using two "l"s in Stilwell instead of the correct single "l." If you go search using the proper spelling of the name, there's lots of good material about him!
The recipe is a fun one, in that it includes items not normally found in run-of-the-mill baked beans, such as strong black coffee and bourbon. You can just see the grizzled old frontiersman pouring these he-man substances into his beans to add a little bite to his meal. Oh, by the way, the original directions say that if you like beans less sweet, reduce the amount of brown sugar.
Hart Stilwell's Frontier Baked Beans
2 pounds cooked navy beans or other white beans
1 1/2 cups tomato juice
1 cup chopped pecans, toasted
3/4 cup dark brown sugar (or less)
3/4 cup strong black coffee
1/2 medium red onion, chopped
1/2 cup catsup
1/2 cup bourbon
4 slices slab bacon, chopped
1 carrot, finely grated
2 Tablespoons unsulphured dark molasses
2 Tablespoons dry mustard
Preheat oven to 350ºF.
Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl, then pour it into a baking dish. Bake the beans, uncovered, about 1 1/2 hours or until they have thickened and cooked down, with a "skin" just beginning to form on the top of the beans.
These beans reheat well and will keep in the refrigerator for several days.
Of course, this is not my favorite baked bean recipe, although it is a good one. Click over to The Best Baked Beans in the World to read about and see the recipe for the absolutely finest baked beans known to man.
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This excellent book, 366 Delicious Ways to Cook Rice, Beans, and Grains, gives you 366 recipes for healthful, delicious bean, rice, and grain dishes from all over the world. Yes, they're primarily vegetarian recipes, but the book does include variations on the recipes that use salmon, shrimp, and chicken. Mouthwatering ethnic recipes are mixed with other "natural gourmet" items that are fascinating to read, fun to prepare, and a delight to eat. How do Smoky Black Bean Burritos sound? Or how about Pesto Pasta with Cranberry Beans? I'm ready to start cooking right now.
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The Bean Book Roy F. Guste, Jr., former proprietor of Antoine's Restaurant in New Orleans and noted cookbook author, has put together this wonderful collection of recipes for bean dishes from around the world. Everything you can imagine is in here; the variety of recipes is amazing. It includes "light" versions and a full nutritional analysis of each recipe. How does Bourbon and Black Bean Pie sound? Highly recommended by Bean Bible!
Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbook: Feasting with your Slow Cooker We usually feature bean cookbooks here, but this superb slow cooker (crock pot) cookbook has at least a hundred great bean recipes in it! My wife brought it home and I'm sold on it. The "Bean Main Dishes" section alone has 53 recipes. Recipes are short, simple, tasty, and don't use weird ingredients that you don't already have. And, while I'm excited about the bean recipes (the Sausage Bean Quickie will be the first one we try), the rest of the recipes also look wonderful. The cover says it's a "National #1 bestselling cookbook!" I believe it. Highly recommended by Bean Bible!
Easy Beans: Fast and Delicious Bean, Pea, and Lentil Recipes, Second Editon Now in a new and improved second edition, this easy-to-use and highly popular cookbook makes cooking with beans as easy as it can possibly be. No soaking beans, no complex recipes with wild, improbable ingredients. The book lives up to its promise of easy, tasty, fun recipes. Highly recommended by Bean Bible!
