Maine Baked Beans

The Way They Always Used to Be Made

[Read the article “Maine Baked Beans the Old Way.”]

Some Maine cooks still don’t sweeten their baked beans, or they hardly do, and this old-school version doesn’t call for any form of sugar. (If you really can’t do without, I suggest ¼ cup of maple syrup.) The meat always used to be salt pork, although some people now like the flavor of smoked bacon. Dri…