Baked beans is a dish traditionally containing white beans which are
parboiled and then baked at a low temperature for a lengthy period of
time in some sort of sauce. This is the usual preparation of the dish
in the United States when not using canned beans. In the United
Kingdom the dish is sometimes baked, but usually stewed in a sauce.
Canned baked beans are not baked, but are cooked through a steam
process.Baked beans has its origins in Native American cuisine, and
the dish is made from beans indigenous to the Americas. The dish was
adopted and adapted by English colonists in New England in the 17th
century and, through cookbooks published in the 19th century, the dish
spread to other regions of the United States and into Canada. Today in
the New England region of the United States a variety of indigenous
legumes are still used when preparing this dish in restaurants or in
the home, such as Jacob's cattle, soldier beans, yellow-eyed beans,
and navy beans (also known as native beans).Originally baked beans
were sweetened with maple syrup by Native Americans, a tradition some
recipes still follow, but some English colonists modified the
sweetening agent to brown sugar beginning in the 17th century. In the
18th century the convention of using American-made molasses as a
sweetening agent became increasingly popular in order to avoid British
taxes on sugar. American Boston baked beans use a sauce prepared with
molasses and salt pork, the popularity of which has led to the city's
being nicknamed "Beantown". Today baked beans is commonly served
throughout the United States alongside barbecue food of various kinds
and at picnics. Beans in a brown sugar, sugar, or corn syrup sauce
(sometimes with and sometimes without a tomato base) are widely
available throughout the United States. Bush Brothers and Company
currently sells the most baked beans in the United States. After the
Revolutionary war, the Fourth of July was celebrated with picnics,
fireworks, dances and dinners. The foods served varied, changing with
the customs of each region, but baked beans was one of the common
dishes served for the celebrations in the Northern United States.
parboiled and then baked at a low temperature for a lengthy period of
time in some sort of sauce. This is the usual preparation of the dish
in the United States when not using canned beans. In the United
Kingdom the dish is sometimes baked, but usually stewed in a sauce.
Canned baked beans are not baked, but are cooked through a steam
process.Baked beans has its origins in Native American cuisine, and
the dish is made from beans indigenous to the Americas. The dish was
adopted and adapted by English colonists in New England in the 17th
century and, through cookbooks published in the 19th century, the dish
spread to other regions of the United States and into Canada. Today in
the New England region of the United States a variety of indigenous
legumes are still used when preparing this dish in restaurants or in
the home, such as Jacob's cattle, soldier beans, yellow-eyed beans,
and navy beans (also known as native beans).Originally baked beans
were sweetened with maple syrup by Native Americans, a tradition some
recipes still follow, but some English colonists modified the
sweetening agent to brown sugar beginning in the 17th century. In the
18th century the convention of using American-made molasses as a
sweetening agent became increasingly popular in order to avoid British
taxes on sugar. American Boston baked beans use a sauce prepared with
molasses and salt pork, the popularity of which has led to the city's
being nicknamed "Beantown". Today baked beans is commonly served
throughout the United States alongside barbecue food of various kinds
and at picnics. Beans in a brown sugar, sugar, or corn syrup sauce
(sometimes with and sometimes without a tomato base) are widely
available throughout the United States. Bush Brothers and Company
currently sells the most baked beans in the United States. After the
Revolutionary war, the Fourth of July was celebrated with picnics,
fireworks, dances and dinners. The foods served varied, changing with
the customs of each region, but baked beans was one of the common
dishes served for the celebrations in the Northern United States.
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