cybercat wrote:
> "Joe Cilinceon" > wrote:
>> I agree with that and I have been known to add bacon, onions, bell
>> pepper and peach pie filling to baked beans. Then finish them off in
>> the oven. I got a recipe from the Food Network about a year ago and
>> gave it a try. I know my grandkids went though the whole 5qt pot
>> full in one afternoon at a BBQ. You can look at the recipe at FN by
>> searching for JACK'S Peach BBQ Beans. I use the B&M over the Bush
>> which the recipe calls for.
>
> Peach pie filling! That's a new one. I can see it.
>
> Now I want peach cobbler .... mmmm .... hot ...
>
> And Breyers Vanilla bean ....

I just decided to give it a try and was shocked how good it was. I now make
them like this when ever we have a bunch over for BBQs. Have never made if
for just my wife and me though, couldn't nor would we want to eat that many
beans. g

--

Joe Cilinceon

"Goomba38" > wrote in message
. ..
> cybercat wrote:
>
>>> I keep Goya black beans and garbanzo beans in the pantry. Haven't
>>> tried any of their red beans or pintos because I like to cook those
>>> myself.
>>>
>>
>> Goya black bean soup is sooooo good, and in fact is good rolled in a
>> tortilla with cheddar and hot sauce, and sour cream on the side!
>
> This reminds me that I've not found Goya's Guava Paste in ages. That long
> wrapped package of sticky, sweet guava paste is a treat when served
> slivered on top of slices of good cheddar cheese.


It comes in a round flat can now. Looks like a jello mold that got
squashed.
-ginny

Melba's Jammin' > wrote:

> If I'm buying canned baked beans, I buy B&M with molasses and brown
> sugar and bacon. I prefer to buy Captain Ken's frozen baked beans;
> may be a regional item, though.

We discussed this very thing a few years ago. I asked you back then why
the added sugar and molasses, considering that the standard version is
already obscenely sweet.

Here is what I wrote in a couple of posts in that thread - I could have
written it right now, too, as nothing has changed.

"B&M baked beans can be found here at a Costco-like place, IIRC. I've
never had them. I think there are at least 5 different 'styles'
offered, maybe more. So, am I missing anything in the canned beans
department? Are they any 'better' than the Heinz variety, which
nostalgia sometimes impels me to eat? 'Twas often that I used to eat a
'beef burger' (no buns or anything, just a pattie) with fried egg, chips
(that'd be French... eh... Freedom fries, not to be confused with
dreaded crisps), and baked beans at a university cafeteria many years
ago."

"Extra brown sugar?! You mean they are not already way too sweet? And
the addition of bacon doesn't sound very attractive, either. I doctor
up Heinz beans by cooking them a bit with some mustard, tomato pulp or
ketchup, and sriracha, in order to get them less sweet and a bit more
acidic and spicy. I never add any kind of meat, but I usually eat them
*with* meat of some kind, generally burger patties or frankfurters."

Plus ça change...

Bubba

Joe Cilinceon wrote:
> cybercat wrote:
>
>>
>> They are good. The beans are smallish, have you noticed that? At any
>> rate, I am not a baked bean snob, because it seems to me the beans
>> are just vehicles for a whole bunch of brown sugar, bacon, etc.
>> Nutritionally, they might as well be dessert with a bit of fiber.
>
> Yes I think they are made with red beans not sure of the proper name
> for them.

They aren't made with red beans to my knowledge. (I should call them and
ask: the factory is about 10 miles from here, in a picturesque spot on Casco
Bay.) There is a kind of beans called something like Jacobs Cattle beans
that are mottled red that I've seen around here, but I think they use pea
beans.

Joe Cilinceon wrote:

> Kate Connally wrote:
>
>>As far as I am concerned there is none. They're all too
>>mushy although some are not quite as mushy as others.
>>And the cans are usually all sauce which is not very good
>>and needs doctoring up. Not that hard to make your own
>>beans. Takes a lot of time, though, but not difficult
>>at all.
>>Kate
>
>
> You ought to pick up a jar (not can) of the B&M and give them a try.

I've had 'em. Same as canned, imo.
Kate

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

In article >,
(Victor Sack) wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
>
> > If I'm buying canned baked beans, I buy B&M with molasses and brown
> > sugar and bacon. I prefer to buy Captain Ken's frozen baked beans;
> > may be a regional item, though.
>
> We discussed this very thing a few years ago. I asked you back then why
> the added sugar and molasses, considering that the standard version is
> already obscenely sweet.

I can take them or leave them; Rob likes them and that's HOW he likes
them -- with molasses added. My role is but to serve his pleasure.
Yeah, that's the ticket.

--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://jamlady.eboard.com - Comfort Food for Bob Pastorio, updated
3-16-2007
http://web.mac.com/barbschaller - blahblahblog - Orange Honey
Garlic Chicken, 3-29-2007
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/amytaylor

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> (Victor Sack) wrote:
>
>> Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
>>
>>> If I'm buying canned baked beans, I buy B&M with molasses and brown
>>> sugar and bacon. I prefer to buy Captain Ken's frozen baked beans;
>>> may be a regional item, though.
>> We discussed this very thing a few years ago. I asked you back then why
>> the added sugar and molasses, considering that the standard version is
>> already obscenely sweet.
>
> I can take them or leave them; Rob likes them and that's HOW he likes
> them -- with molasses added. My role is but to serve his pleasure.
> Yeah, that's the ticket.
>


I know that feeling...I hand my husband ketchup with his meatloaf and
look away. He says it's the contrast of hot meat and cold ketchup. <eye
roll>

"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> (Victor Sack) wrote:
>
> > Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
> >
> > > If I'm buying canned baked beans, I buy B&M with molasses and brown
> > > sugar and bacon. I prefer to buy Captain Ken's frozen baked beans;
> > > may be a regional item, though.
> >
> > We discussed this very thing a few years ago. I asked you back then why
> > the added sugar and molasses, considering that the standard version is
> > already obscenely sweet.
>
> I can take them or leave them; Rob likes them and that's HOW he likes
> them -- with molasses added. My role is but to serve his pleasure.
> Yeah, that's the ticket.
>
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
> http://jamlady.eboard.com - Comfort Food for Bob Pastorio, updated
> 3-16-2007
> http://web.mac.com/barbschaller - blahblahblog - Orange Honey
> Garlic Chicken, 3-29-2007
> http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/amytaylor
===========
I always buy the B&M beans with mollases and bacon; they are excellent. I
think they are superior to the other brands. I found some of the other
brands watery and lacking flavor.