2 T. brown sugar

2 tsp. mustard (dried)

1/4 tsp. pepper

1 tsp. salt

1/4 C. molasses

Wash the beans and cover them with water and about 3″ more. Soak overnight. In the morning, simmer slowly until the skins wrinkle- about 1 hr or so. (Josephine says the beans are done if the skin breaks when you blow on the beans.) Drain the beans, saving the water, which should be kept hot. Put the onion in the bottom of the beanpot add the beans. Score the salt pork (chop the bacon) and place into a depression in the beans. Mix the brown sugar, mustard, pepper, salt, and molasses and add to the beans. Add enough of the hot bean water to cover the beans, put the top on the bean pot, and bake at 450 degrees for 3 hr, then 325 degrees for another 4 hrs. Look at the beans every hour to make sure you can see the water, adding hot bean water as needed so they don’t dry out. Remove the cover during the last hour so that the beans aren’t too wet.