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Author: MONTANA MOM, My dear friend Charlotte sent this in to RH! As promised, some gems from my own retro-housewife mom''s cookbook from the mid-70''s. She used to clip recipes and tips from the newspaper and paste them in a recipe book she''d made herself. 01-01-1970

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RECIPES FROM THE RETRO HOUSEWIFE

SIDE DISH

BOSTON BAKED BEANS, American

Ingredients

2 lbs. beans
1 lb. pork
1 clove garlic
2 tbsp. catsup
2 large onions, chopped
1 tsp. paprika
3/4 cup black molasses
2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. mustard
1/2 tsp. baking soda

Preparation Instructions

Wash beans and soak overnight. Boil in same water until soft. Place beans in stone bean pot, mix in other ingredients including water in which beans were boiled. Bake all day in a slow oven.

Contributed by Mrs. E. Gray, 1950

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