The Elk Mountain pilot., 1882-03-16
BOSTON BAKED BEANS
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Boston Esral6I

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Boston HERALD
Though Boston has acquired some
fame as alarso consumer CT this escu!ert
baked beans have been from tine in.
memorial ierozite G;sn thro,iehous
Eew Argland. Ihe study men md wo-
men of generations ago, who braved dan
gers and herdships in planting "a nds-
pendent colony, added strength to the;-
s1news and muscles by eating simple food,
Of which baked beans were much chez.
isllsd ingrsaisnt, and oi al ancient dishes
roae have stood better the test Of limo
and the caprioes OF tho appe.ites cf the
people. Butie is 8 little singular that
while New EnSlandis so large consum-
er OF baked besns, sud NaS Englsnders,
more especially the residents oi Boston,
have acquired tbs mystery Of cooking
them perfectly, the dish is not in nach
favor elsewhere, and thst tlle knowledss
ci baking them properly is exceedingly
limited. Il may bs ssiJ: that one circuLi-
stance ls Cue to the other-that is, that
where it Is not known how to bake beans
properly, they arc naturally not popu-
lar artols of diet Il the method sad
process Of baking we're patented il could
hardly be more exclusively held - New
Englanders. In New York aad other
municipalities, contempt is cften e1-
pressed fer the Athenian love fer baked
beans, and Yet not long sgo fashionable
clubhouse on the occasion CT special
gathering, sent by e1press to this city
for 20 two-Quart pots OF Boston baked
beans. This manner Of obtaining dish
they cfsc. to despise is frequently To-
sorted to, undoubtedly with profit alike
to the buyer and seller. Aa experienced
baker CT this city, being asked Why baked
beans were not as popular in New York
as IL Boston, said: "Bec&uss they don't
know how to cook them. They don't
soak them enough, bcil them to much,
and then take thsm out OF she ovon be-
fors they ere halt baked"
Custom has prescribed either Saturday
OF Sunday morning as the "calracs time"
for eating baked beans, ard tho soens at
the bakers then is the busiest OF the
week. Among the hundreds Of baker.
IN Tho city there are but few Who do not
put to soak" ca Friday night from one
to five barrels OF beans, whicA, added to
the number cooked in private DWELLINGS,.
will give enc conception os lov well
deserving is Boston Of her fame as bean
consuming city. Avsil-informa3 Z gentle
man estimates That the consumption Of
beans il Boston IS about 900 barrels per
week, OF about 10000 barrels per year.
One reason Why Boaton baked beans are
considered better than any others is Inas
almost invariably they are baked in brick
ovens over night. Besides baking a
quantity to sell, the bakers, for the
nominal sum OF 5 cents per pot, receive
and bake the beans that ere prepared by
their customers, thus adding materially
to their own proitand the convenience Of
the public. It Is fsct, certainly not
universally known, that there is in Boa
ton an establishment devoted exclusively
to the baking OF beans, entirely separate
from canning institution. 1t is the only
establishment Of the kind in the world,
probably, and il is exceedingly doubtful
whether it could live anywhere else. at
all events, attempts have been made to
establish similar institutions elsewhere.
and nothing but failure has beon the re-
suit, ard Ii Is now piein enough that q
bean-eating community is requisite to
support bean eating establishment. The
success OF the Boston bean bakery was
assured from the start, and its enterpris-
ing proprietor has climbed up the road
to wealth By the bean alone, without as
sistance from the pole. Every night in
the week the fire under the spacious brick
oven IS in full blast, and two teams are
kept busy daily in delivering the pots and
their smoLing-hot contents. OF the
customers Of the bakery. fully ons-haif
are restsurant-keepers, who pays 20 conts
for two quarts Of beans, and than retail
them at 10, Is, and Is cents per plate.
The bakery consumes from l, 900 70 $500
pounds Of beans per week, and its oven
has the capacity 70 bslze $50 pots in 8
single nish5.