My cook list is under way, for a Cinco de Mayo Party, on Saturday, May 8, I am preparing – “Boston Baked Beans” from allrecipes.com. Although, I understand, it should be, more like Charro beans, I’ve actually prepared that several times, in the last 12 months, so I am doing something different, considering that I don’t get to cook, all that often.

Today, I went out and picked out the ingredients, will start the bean soaking tomorrow evening.

(..will continue, how the story unveils here – stay tuned)

OK – As this story unveils, these Boston Baked Beans was kind of a disappointment. The 1st batch I made, was a disaster, I had to actually stop in the middle, and then start the baking again, a little later. (not the recipe’s fault) I don’t recommend that.

Secondly, these beans say 5 hours, I think at the stated temp, it should be baked for more like 7-8 hours. On my second attempt, I actually brought the heat up about 30 degrees, but even then it needed at least 6 hours to bake.

In general, the recipe was much too sweet for my tastes. I think I was looking more for a BBQ smoke baked flavor..

The waiting while baking seemed like it was a lot of work too.

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