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Baked Soy Beans

A historical recipe from Molly Gavin's own cookbook, by Molly Gavin (1927).

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A historical recipe

Molly Gavin's own cookbook, by Molly Gavin (1927). Project Gutenberg eBook #77698.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Ingredients 2 ingredients

  1. ¼ lb salt pork
  2. 1 small onion

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Oven and hot trays. Use dry oven gloves for trays and dishes: a hot tray looks just like a cold one. Open the oven door away from your face and let the first rush of heat out.

Method

  1. 1½ c yellow soy beans, ½ c white beans, ⅓ c sugar, ¼ tsp dry mustard, ¼ lb salt pork, 1 small onion.
  2. Soak beans 12 hr;
  3. put into baking dish in which salt pork, onion, sugar and mustard have been placed;
  4. cover with cold water;
  5. cook in slow oven 12 hr;
  6. add water as needed.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Baking dish
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From Molly Gavin's own cookbook, by Molly Gavin (1927). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #77698 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77698). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.