1 lb. beans, Calif. pea beans or sm. whites
1 lb. salt pork
8 tbsp. sugar
2/3 c. molasses
2 tsp. dry mustard
4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1 med. onion

Soak beans overnight. In morning parboil them for ten minutes with a teaspoon of baking soda. Then run cold water through the beans in a colander or strainer. Dice rind of salt pork in inch squares, cut in half. Put half on bottom of bean pot with whole onion. Put beans in pot. Put the rest of the pork on top. Mix other ingredients with hot water. Pour over beans. Put in 300 degree oven for six hours. This will make ten full portions.

You can't let the pot just set in the oven. You've got to add water as necessary to keep the beans moist. And you can't be impatient and add too much water at a time and flood the beans.