On Jun 26, 10:12 am, "James Silverton" >
wrote:
> Nancy2 wrote on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:38:37 -0700:
>
> N> On Jun 23, 10:23 am, Mikie > wrote:
> ??>> Hi, the other day I bought a can of Bush Vegetarian beans
> ??>> and they were really good. But I do not normally eat
> ??>> canned food, and I couldn't get the recipe from the can.
> ??>>
> ??>> Can someone please help this old bachelor cook up a pot of
> ??>> beans that taste realy good? Bush's has a sweet tomato
> ??>> taste, as if Ketchup were added. But any good home recipe
> ??>> of beans would do.
> ??>>
> ??>> Thanks!
>
> N> Start with Bush baked beans - add a small amount of ketchup,
> N> yellow mustard, sweet pickle relish, a bunch of brown sugar,
> N> a couple T. of Worcestershire sauce, and some finely diced
> N> onion. Cook in the oven or on top the stove low and slow -
> N> the longer the better (up to 3-4 hours).
>
> IMHO, Bush vegetarian beans can be improved by adding a
> teaspoon of mustard powder (Colman's is best) when heating them
> up. I think they are more than adequately sweet and I would not
> cook them for any length of time since that makes them mushy.
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>
> E-mail, with obvious alterations:
> not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

That has not been my experience at all. I drain most of the juice out
before I start. If I put them in the oven at a very low temp for 2-3
hours, they are almost exactly like home-made. YMMV, obviously.

N.