Who likes bean suppers? (neighborhood, shop, rating)

[Maine Writer]

Originally Posted by Suesbal

I thought molasses, mustard, and pork fat were standard ingredients.

Yes, always. Vegetarians would leave out the salt pork. If I don't have salt pork I use slab bacon. We're having bean hole beans tomorrow with Anadama bread, mustard pickles, biscuits, cole slaw, red hotdogs, and a chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting to celebrate a birthday.

[7th generation]

Originally Posted by Suesbal

I thought molasses, mustard, and pork fat were standard ingredients.

^....yep!...never had them flavored with a paper plate...lol

[7th generation]

Originally Posted by mainebrokerman

Not a fan of beans we do pig roasts

Growing up we used to attend JD Rocker every year in Jay with pig roasts and live bands all weekend....and a little whiskey thrown in for entertainment...

[Submariner]

Originally Posted by jdhpa

A friend of mine who was in the army told me no one with knowledge of cooking is allowed to be a cook in the military. They want cooks who will follow the recipe, and not try to improvise. I don't know if he was serious, but it sounds plausible...

On subs the Supply officer [usually titled 'chop'] tries to predict exactly how much food will be required to feed to crew for the next 6 months. As exact as he can be. Each recipe card lists the ingredients by the pound, a part of drawing up the menu is to add up how many pounds of beans, turnips, potatoes, garlic, etc are needed each week, etc. If a cook changes a recipe it will cause significant problems a few months later.

I was on one sub where we had a cook who used too much flour, which led to us running out of food months later. It is a funny story, but a long story.

For the last two weeks of deployment our meals consisted of a slice of American cheese with a scoop of peanut butter on it.

[dreamofwinter]

As newcomers to small town Maine, we've enjoyed the public suppers (sometimes "bean" and sometimes other theme, but always with a variety of dishes) at the local American Legion. They're been super welcoming and it's always nice to sit down and chat with new people. Neither my husband nor I are veterans but no one judges us for that, nor for the fact that we originated in California. I honestly think the friendly people are my favorite thing about Maine so far.

[kygman]

I'm not in Maine but saw the title of the thread. I love bean suppers when my wife cooked them along with a big slice of cornbread, straight out of the skillet, crumbled up in the bowl.

[ben young]

Originally Posted by 7th generation

Our church had a bean/lobster supper every August.To be truly authentic, they have to be bean-hole-beans. Included in the feast was brown bread, coleslaw , home made rolls and blueberry pie.

[mainegrl2011]

My mom faithfully baked beans almost every Saturday of my childhood in the oven of our wood stove. Molasses and a chunk of salt pork are key ingredients. Homemade from scratch anadama or plain yeast rolls, brown bread and red hot dogs. imo the beans taste better as leftovers, but i prefer the rolls freshly baked. I appreciated the beans more as an adult than as a child.

I saw a sign a few days ago for a bean supper in takeout format. I thought how sad.

[mysticaltyger]

Originally Posted by kygman

I'm not in Maine but saw the title of the thread.

Same for me. I like Mediterranean style beans. I learned to do a lot with beans during Covid. I really like this sweet potato and black bean stir fry:

https://tasty.co/recipe/sweet-potato-stir-fry

...as well as this black bean and couscous salad. (I use half the couscous, add an extra bell pepper, as well as kalamata olives and feta cheese).

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/24...ouscous-salad/

I never heard of bean hole beans before. You learn something new every day, I guess.

[Maine Writer]

A little info on bean suppers. They're a community get-together with baked beans as the main focus of the meal. Bean suppers are often held at rod 'n gun clubs, in neighborhoods, churches, and other groups of people gathering together to share a meal. The beans that are baked vary in variety but they're always a dried bean.

Beans are traditionally baked in a bean pot.