Baked

1 onion -- studded with

2 cloves

1 bay leaf

1 tablespoon salt

1 pound salt pork -- lean

1 pound smoked ham

3 onions

3 garlic cloves

2 teaspoons mustard powder

1/4 cup rum

3 inches above the beans. Add the onion stuck with cloves, bay leaf, and salt, and bring to a boil. Boil rapidly for 5 minutes. Skim the top, reduce the heat and simmer until the beans are tender but not mushy.

25 minutes. Remove the pork from the water and cut it first into slices, then into small pieces. Cut the ham into strips.

90 mins. !! Keep the beans moist while baking; add more bean liquid or water.

90 mins. remove and pour the run over the beans. Return to oven and bake another

45 minutes, or until nicely browned and bubbly. Reheat at picnic on camp stove or serve cold. (c)

1966 by Woman's Day Encyclopedia of Cookery. NY: Fawcett, Inc.