Yankee Baked Beans

Beans were raised by Native Americans and, along with corn, formed a big part of the early colonists’ diet. Although there are hundreds of variations on baked bean dishes, often called Boston baked beans, here is one that I highly recommend. Most of the Boston recipes seem to call for molasses, which was shipped up from Jamaica for making rum; other recipes call for brown sugar. Purists might even hold out for maple sugar.