Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 205, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1916 — BEANS-BAKER GIVES RECIPE [ARTICLE]

BEANS-BAKER GIVES RECIPE

Navy Cook Who Has Prepared 124,960 Gallons Tells How He Does IL ■ « Cleveland. O. —Baked beans may bo Boston’s forte, but Pjit Finnegan, cook on the naval training ship Dorothea, stationed here, knows a thing or two about that delicacy. He’s been baking them for 20 years—for 17 yeprs ho was cook on a United States battleship —and he has prepared 124,960 gallons of baked beans. Here’s his recipe for beans: “Begin with the best navy beans ;'soak ’em one bour in cold water; then boll two hours slowly; put salt pork In while boiling; bake three hours In a slow oven, with plenty of molasses and s pinch of mustard. A whole onion adds a tasty flavor." _ ■