Because home-made is better

[plonq]

I haven't made this recipe in years - I'd forgotten how good it smells when it's cooking. What do you get when you combine 1 1/2 pounds of Great Northern beans with a pound of pork hock and some chopped onions in a sauce of maple syrup, brown sugar and molasses? Something that looks like this after about 6 hours in the slow cooker:

Comments

[ionotter.livejournal.com]

Ooooooh....looks deliciously explosive!

[plonq.livejournal.com]

I somehow got through the whole day without trying to taste them, in spite of how good it smelled in here. When I went out to turn off the heat about an hour ago I gave them a final stir and finally tried a taste. Wow, these are some good beans.

I soaked them overnight, rinsed them, boiled them and discarded the bean water, so they shouldn't be too dangerous.

[dakhun.livejournal.com]

Some cultures consider it only polite to belch after the meal to show your appreciation to the chef for the meal. I wonder if that custom was ever modified in the case of beans. ;-)