Homemade Pork & Beans When Struggling Is Delicious

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@Kresh42 8 ай бұрын

"I've wined and dined with kings and queens, and I've slept in the alley eating pork and beans!" - Dusty Rhodes

@rossallan3585 8 ай бұрын

As a Brit? We didn’t have Pork and Beans as such. What we did have were tins of Beans with tiny wee sausages in them. And I’ll still enjoy of such now and again, on toast, as is tradition. As for Chicken? I dimly remember trips on the train down to Oxford to visit Great Granny Rhonda. And we’d usually have Marks and Spencer’s cold rotisserie chicken to chow down on. Given GG Rhonda, Granny Robinson and Mumsie are no longer with us? That’s a curiously special memory for me.

@rossallan3585 8 ай бұрын

@@SteveReynold yet…you cared enough to comment. Thanks petal!

@thaisstone5192 8 ай бұрын

@@SteveReynold Oh, great. Another professional asshole ruins a channel with a troll comment.

@fufucker9898 8 ай бұрын

@SteveReynold enjoy the insurance premiums and co-pays 😂

@jokersgirll 8 ай бұрын

No disrespect to heinz "tinned" beans but our new england baked beans, canned or not, just do it for me. On brown bread or toast, if you can find B&M baked beans i would try them friend. Made with love from across the pond, they are good with salt pork or sausages. I can get a local made Banger style sausage and they are great with B&M

@enigma_-_79 8 ай бұрын

American pork and beans are so different to Heinz beans. I always took the bit of pork out but they’re made with big brown Southern beans and brown sugar and are very very tasty. I can’t eat Heinz now I’m home, they taste too watery, the recipe has changed a lot, and I definitely won’t pay £1.50 for a tin of beans and sausage! I guess the closest we have here, in a can are the Crosse & Blackwell barbecue beans which I do occasionally buy. It’s so easy to make a pan of beans, and so cheap, that I make my own and put them in airtight mason jars. I also make pea and ham soup all winter long. Have a go at this recipe and I’ll bet that you don’t pay silly money for Heinz again. There was no need for them to hike up the price the way they did, it was just greed. Enjoy the beans.

@FoulOwl2112 8 ай бұрын

I grew up eating Van Camps too. Always felt like a lottery winner when you got the pork cube.

@jawarholol4651 8 ай бұрын

To me, it was like being surprised by a gob of snot

@GrubbsandWyrm 8 ай бұрын

I loved the "pork" chuck

@fufucker9898 8 ай бұрын

In my 40s and cook a fair amount of dried beans, found 3 rocks that were the same size/shape as the beans. Definitely worth looking through them

@pablodelsegundo9502 8 ай бұрын

As an old beaner myself, I can confirm. Gotta look out for the rotted/half bug-eaten stray beans, too.

@shondathompson8944 2 ай бұрын

I've also found a rock when sorting my beans

@user-ge8mb6jz9b 8 ай бұрын

It was great and we didn’t think a thing about eating at the roadside rest stops! If lucky there was a public toilet ( usually kinda gross). We definitely had eggs, bread, milk, cereal, lunch meat. Eat quick to get back on the road (interstate wasn’t an option in th early sixties). Thank you Larry, these recipes are real!

@pablodelsegundo9502 8 ай бұрын

It's a shame to realize now rest stops are polluted with criminals, drug addicts, pervs, and psychos in 2023. We can't have nice things anymore.

@barbarataylor1535 8 ай бұрын

Love your videos. This one remined me, I am 82 when I was around five how exciting it was to get the one piece of meat or bacon fat that was in the can of pork and beans.

@stephaniepapaleo9001 8 ай бұрын

It still is! Even in bean soup!

@randytessman6750 8 ай бұрын

Beans is one of the best recipes for any amount of $$, right there with vegetable stew & dumplings. Most of your ingredients go by how much you want to spend or time you take as well. Heck if times are tough you can add more water and some more seasoning and add rice and have bean soup too. Oh and you can throw the jalapeno in the oven or roasted on a gas stove top to add more flavour too.

@jamesellsworth9673 8 ай бұрын

Yep: rice works! Adele Davis, in DIET FOR A SMALL PLANET, notes that rice and beans offer a complete protein. And they are tasty!

@kchristiansen3600 8 ай бұрын

Born in 54, mom would cook fried chicken and potato salad to take on road trips,cold fried chicken is great.....😊

@willblack5419 8 ай бұрын

Just retired, these meals are really helpful! So many good tasting meals! Thank you!

@mavman0131 8 ай бұрын

You could also use "Liquid Smoke" in this recipe as well. 😎

@jawarholol4651 8 ай бұрын

That's a really good idea. Thanks

@MMID303 8 ай бұрын

My dad grew up in the 60s and 70s. He's always telling me stories of how things were when he was a kid. I envy him. Although the 90s were great, I would have loved to experience the things he did.

@Dana-ie2bh 8 ай бұрын

Rice in the east, beans in the west. Rice and beans, heaven.

@jenniferwintz2514 8 ай бұрын

My mother was more inclined to pack sandwich fixings in the cooler vs. fried chicken, but I've definitely had delicious cold fried chicken on a picnic. I grew up in the 70s as well. I wanted to add that it seems to me the Aldi pork and beans have more pork than Van Camps and taste just as good, hot or cold.

@curtismatsune3147 8 ай бұрын

And after the roadside picnic table lunch we kids would play in the dirt making forts and such out of rocks, sticks and dirt. Those were the days! Great pork and beans recipe, and so healthy, too! Simmering bones adds so many nutrients to the meal. I also like the tips such as not adding salt until the end, which I had to learn by trial and error.

@miketranfaglia3986 8 ай бұрын

Home-made baked beans are just about the most delicious thing in the world; I do mine in a crock pot, but just about any method works. That meat looked like a major upgrade from a basic ham bone!

@kenhill3230 8 ай бұрын

I love these videos. I will never forget sharing a pack of Nabs with my father, and that is all we had that day. You never forget once you have been hungry for real.

@kevindarrell3500 8 ай бұрын

Absolutely agree. My kids use to say they were starving. I always told them you don’t know what starving is. I’ve been so hungry I could eat shoe leather. But by the grace of God I’ve never starved.🙏

@kenhill3230 8 ай бұрын

@@kevindarrell3500 Amen.

@jawarholol4651 8 ай бұрын

I'm loving the struggle recipe series, Wolfie my man! It's clear you've put a lot of work into this recipe, and it shows! Thanks, I may try this

@goaway3717 8 ай бұрын

I remember all those things from 70's & 80's road trips. We even brought along charcoal for those roadside picnic areas that had grills cemented into the ground. I'm pretty unbiased on the beanie weenie vs pork n beans front and have no preference of one over the others. My mom made homemade bbq pork & beans or chopped up hot dogs & beans pretty often while I was growing up. As a kid I sorted (and shelled) through a hell of a lot of beans and like you haven't ever found a rock in what I've either cooked or helped cook but I have found rocks in beans in a couple restaurants over the years, which is just one reason I avoid most restaurants nowadays.

@moosemann6152 8 ай бұрын

Baked beans are the best one time I went on a baked bean diet and ate beans for breakfast lunch and dinner. My coworkers loved it

@steveruby2120 8 ай бұрын

I know you've heard this before. My late Dad would repeat this before eating beans of any kind. "Beans beans the musical fruit, the more you eat the more you toot, the more you toot the better you feel, so let's have beans for every meal.

@maryoleary2037 8 ай бұрын

There's also "Beans, beans are good for the heart, the you eat, the more you fart, the more you fart the better you feel, so let's have beans for every meal!"

@steveruby2120 8 ай бұрын

@@maryoleary2037 We all agree then, beans are a very good thing. Have a good day Mary Oleary. (what a cool name)

@kill3st 8 ай бұрын

Man, I always pull this video up when I start a pot of beans! not like I forget, but you're a comfortable guide to the world of legumes!

@jeanniebell9493 8 ай бұрын

In New England, we enjoy B&M and Friends beans, because they have a rich sauce ! Love the addition of the 'leftover' pork !!! Looks delicious ! :) Thank you :)

@carole2403xqv1 8 ай бұрын

Grew up in NYC and we always had B&M baked beans. Some of the local old time Norwegian and German delicatessens carried Van Camps-Fancy!!.

@Blitzkrieg1976 8 ай бұрын

Those were the good ol' days😊 I miss how simple things actually seemed compared to the INSANITY of today. Love pork/ franks and beans.

@sonialoves444 8 ай бұрын

thanks for showing us these real recipes! thanks for also giving us alternative ideas if we don’t have the exact ingredients, i’ve commented this before but i gotta say it again, i love watching this channel! thank you!

@Tabi1983 7 ай бұрын

I have the greatest memories of packing up a cold lunch of spending an afternoon out with my parents and Bubby. ❤ This is not only a delicious recipe but hits me in the nostalgia. Thanks - I needed this today. Times are hard for sure; Canada’s food prices right now are so bad that I can’t even afford to shop at the grocery store I work at; we have to do a monthly shopping 90 minutes away in order to get what we need. I plan out all our meals and have definitely gotten some inspiration from your videos. Thank you for doing what you do!

@PonkeyPoe 8 ай бұрын

Pop some kidney beans, canned tomatoes, hot sauce, leftover pork chops/bacon/pulled pork or even chicken into a pot and enjoy. Won't hit that nostalgia factor but man is it good. Can even use ketchup if times are especially tough.

@Traderjoe 8 ай бұрын

I have to say that you are really a saint to make these videos for the sake of struggling people trying to make ends meet. I’m 58 and remember those old days and think that they gave our generation the last bit of character leftover from the WW2 generation.

@lilblackduc7312 8 ай бұрын

I agree! 🇺🇸 👍☕

@ElizaWebbg 8 ай бұрын

The last bit of character that led to the sexual revolution and Zionism that destroyed traditional values. Enjoy your slop.

@michaelbeams9553 8 ай бұрын

Indeed .👍

@jennifernichols9468 8 ай бұрын

Truth

@SamKicksAce123 8 ай бұрын

Honestly young people can be pretty shity not gonna lie

@tylerservies3380 8 ай бұрын

Forget all that stuff. Stun the younger ones by telling them no WiFi or even cell phone! 😂🤣

@usernameisusername 8 ай бұрын

I get awarm feeling inside when i hear you say the word delicious 😊

@mikenewbold1699 8 ай бұрын

sound gae

@usernameisusername 8 ай бұрын

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@dennisvandermarkt8263 8 ай бұрын

Looks killer Larry. Cold fried chicken, boiled eggs and a can of beans. What could go wrong. Lol. I would eat that stuff up, I'm 60 I remember

@lancerevell5979 8 ай бұрын

Same here, I am 66 and a Native Floridian. I remember those roadside stops, before the Interstates and Da Mouse Mafia killed off the classic roadside attractions, and ruined places like Silver Springs, Six Gun Territory, Ross Allen's Reptile Institute, etc. Good times back then. Load up the Family Truckster and hit the state highways. 😎👍

@mlindsay527 8 ай бұрын

Looks good to me. We make dry beans approximately every week or two. Often with stock made from leftover bones. A pressure cooker makes short work of bones and dry beans.

@jeffth205 8 ай бұрын

Pork and beans mixed with potato salad were a lunch staple in my house. With cold bbq chicken. Mum was a health nut, very little fried in our house.

@Steel-Pinnings 8 ай бұрын

I grew up loving pork-N-beans right from the can, never heated. My school cafeteria would serve them warm and I didn't care for them at all. My PapPaw showed me to add a spoonful of mayo to it for a whole new experience.😋 But what you made in this video we knew as a pot of beans. And hell yeah that looked fantastic. But this is so much better than a can of beans.

@tindal38 8 ай бұрын

As a child in the 70’s we traveled between Pennsylvania and South Carolina many times and ate roadside. Shake N Bake Chicken and Hoagies were a staple! Depending which direction we started out in North or South.

@brucesnz 8 ай бұрын

Your videos are wonderful. They provide practical information to people who are struggling but also show just how much can be done with seemingly humble ingredients. Everyone can learn at least a thing or two from your content. Maybe you are struggling, maybe you need something easy after a long day, maybe you are looking to save a buck for the future. Top tier stuff.

@natesmith3065 8 ай бұрын

If you have it I bet smoked Paprika would be a great spice addition to this recipe. You can get it pretty cheap if you buy the mexican or "ethnic" brand and it's usually better. Growing up my family always made Appalachian soup bean with ham bone, we called them "souper doopers".

@lancerevell5979 8 ай бұрын

Excellent recipe! I'd definitely tuck into a bowl of this! 😊

@ShanecaRene 8 ай бұрын

I don't eat pork anymore but I liked the pork n beans with the cut up hotdogs in it 😊

@vivansolace 8 ай бұрын

You can also use Porkbelly for pork and beans because it is bacon fat used in the pork and beans

@admirathoria0073 8 ай бұрын

My family was big. So road trip food was fried chicken, sandwiches, apples/bananas (hey, we had to eat something healthy!), and 2 large Coleman drink dispensers one filled with water and the other filled with a combo of ice and water. We had a piece of a canvas tent we used as a picnic blanket. If the trip was in the fall, mom would have 2 thermos, one with tea and the other with hot lemonnade, in addition to the water.

@jeffslote9671 8 ай бұрын

KZbin needs more realistic cooking videos like yours. To many videos are for recipes that use expensive and obscure ingredients

@kimlackey4135 8 ай бұрын

Try watching Collard Valley Cooks, Whippoorwill Holler.

@aljones238 8 ай бұрын

In the time we're living in right now these videos are very much appreciated thank you so much

@Sarah33Kaufman 8 ай бұрын

I don’t eat meat, but I really enjoy watching these videos. There is something about you and your voice.

@stephaniepapaleo9001 8 ай бұрын

I didn’t think I even liked beans until I tried them this way and bean soup…I don’t make them often but I will now! Never thought to add jalapeño! I was always thinking I had to make them sweet or bland. I definitely learned something new and budget friendly!

@rhinox0110 8 ай бұрын

Man I sure would love to share a struggle meal with you guys, I don't care how big the portions are they always look dang tasty. I have a just over palm sized granite stone I put in the pot when making beans of any type I've had for over 30 years. One of my great Aunts gave it to me and I swear it makes them taste better. It might be superstition/psychological , but I have made a couple pots without it and they never taste quiet right... My friend said that it probably has over 50 years of seasoning in it lol... You said something about having never found rocks in your bags of beans and that made me think of that.

@Armymum13 8 ай бұрын

Yes I still eat pork & beans and yes I remember the roadside picnic areas! There are still a couple left on the way to my grandmothers house in NH

@marieboschman1311 8 ай бұрын

I love eating pork and beans on toast. It's so good 😊

@richm9455 8 ай бұрын

I need to try that…

@marieboschman1311 8 ай бұрын

@@richm9455 I do mine with some shredded cheese melted on top it makes a filling yummy meal

@gordon3186 8 ай бұрын

Dinner AND an evening of entertainment!

@nanolather1972 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Larry, happy holidays

@TheSpecialJ11 7 ай бұрын

I much prefer the overnight soak. I think the texture and flavor is slightly better, and honestly it's less work with just a little more planning required. Also the genius of homemade pork and beans is you get a crap ton of protein and minerals for very cheap. People will say the beans are poor in methionine and that's why you need rice or wheat, but that's what the pork has tons of! I'd rather double my bean intake than eat some white rice, because beans both have more flavor and more nutrients than rice. The protein per dollar and calories per dollar of beans is unrivaled.

@michaelsmith6457 8 ай бұрын

I remember having pork and beans that are roadside picnic table in the 90s when I was a kid

@robylove9190 8 ай бұрын

It's great to see this video again. I loved it years ago, when it first came out. ❤❤ Sending love and healing energy your way, Larry.

@TimShaw81 8 ай бұрын

As a 43 year old Oklahoman, I and my parents used this recipe and It was AWESOME!

@petezahrbock 8 ай бұрын

Mr,Wolfe pit. Grew up in the 70s Van Camps rocks the house!! Keep up the awesome work 👌

@jamesellsworth9673 8 ай бұрын

This is a fine recipe! As a child, Van Camp's pork and beans were on the TV every time Lassie aired. Our local favorite was Grandma Brown's Baked Beans, made in Mexico, NY.

@texasstardust6010 8 ай бұрын

I loved this Recipe .... its similar to the one my Grandmother taught me, she always sautéed the onions a bit before adding them. I have altered the Recipe she taught me , to make several different variations of Baked Beans ... my favourite is my Cajun Baked Beans, ..adding some different spices and a bit of chix stock ,....mmm.mmm. I have taken those Cajun Baked Beans to many a picnic or other " bring a dish " functions.. theres never a n y left. Lol. These Cajun Baked Beans are a great side dish to BBQ chix. ,Sloppy Joes, Grilled Hot Dogs, even a sautéed Beef Sausage rope ( cut up for cooking ).

@easyontheeyes78 8 ай бұрын

I remember eating hotdogs cut up and mixed in w/ my baked beans. I have never been a fan of beenie weenie’s but I have eaten them

@aurathedraak7909 8 ай бұрын

Such simple things and yet good, but more vegetarian stuff too.

@JinzouningenTX 8 ай бұрын

I'm in my mid/late 40s (still holding on to the mid🤣) and definitely remember several plants watered and bushes that got some fertilizer.

@DOSBoxMom 8 ай бұрын

My husband insisted on "Beanie Weinie" with his hot dog meal last week, and it had to be the canned "Beanie Weinie", not canned beans with a hot dog or Vienna sausages chopped up into them. I was able to find them at the Family Dollar, but only in single-serving cans. Such a picky eater! (But I should be used to it by now, after 40+ years!)

@janet6421 8 ай бұрын

We always had Bush's Baked Beans with hot dogs added. Beanie Weenie is softer with a higher fat content than most hotdogs.

@joshuawells5953 8 ай бұрын

Ma'am. With all due respect to your husband, if he isn't preparing or cooking it, tell his ass to eat it and be happy he has someone who cares enough to make it for him. Having said that, the premade beanie weinies are superior. Lol

@upsidedowndog1256 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip about adding salt before the beans soften

@TrustworthyFella 8 ай бұрын

Supercalifragilisticexpialidelicious! And 'nutricious' as well! These are the best kind of budget recipes: can't do much wrong, cheap, healthy and for some, indeed -also mildly entertaining :)

@anokata-kd8oc 8 ай бұрын

I will cook this! It's really looking awesome! Thanks from Germany!

@mousiebrown1747 8 ай бұрын

Sorry, we had Campbell’s except for Beenee Weenees for a treat. I remember Frostop with its burger in a boat and big cold frosty root beer in a mug. And the picnic table so you could eat right there! Ketchup in a squeeze bottle on the counter! Oh yeah! Thanks, friend!

@dmmrad54 3 ай бұрын

I remember before I95. Going down to Virginia to visit my grandparents on old Route 13. Regular roads, no fast food places. My mom packed fried chicken, ham and cheese sandwiches, iced tea, koolaid, and fruit. Chips and pretzels. We stopped on the side of the road where there were picnic tables. Oh and water, not bottled.

@ericparker308 8 ай бұрын

Definitely going to try this. Thanks for these videos.

@suegeorge998 8 ай бұрын

I love pork and beans! We ate them all the time when I was a child. I found out that not everyone grew up on pork and bean sandwiches. Who knew? I still love them.

@sr7312 8 ай бұрын

I spent a couple of years shooting matches for the Navy and we didn't typically get a lunch break. You fit it in when you were scoring for the second group of shooters. I always had the Beanee Weanee or pork and beans in my bag. They were my favorite. Ate them cold most of the time.

@valvenator 8 ай бұрын

You're right about wasting money on one time use ingredients specific to one recipe. I've bought too many spices and other ingredients I've had to toss because they sat around for way too long.

@stephaniepapaleo9001 8 ай бұрын

Having a picnic with our favorite sandwiches/chips on side of the road or in a park is the funnest thing about road trips! We’d enjoy the view, sometimes the prettiest skies and regroup until hopping back into the car and being excited that we’re almost there!!! Miss those days with my parents! ❤

@usauditresponse 8 ай бұрын

Miss those days! Good video as always

@davemcbroom695 8 ай бұрын

Beanee weenees are considered bachelor chow at my house. Pork and beans runs a close second. Instead of Van Camps tho I prefer Bush's beans. I guess that makes me a Bush man.😅

@roberthansen2008 8 ай бұрын

Yeah my grandparents and I in the '70s and '80s would eat it roadside areas with a picnic table. We'd always have three bean salad some kind of a chicken salad sandwich or egg salad sandwich. We always ate well and we didn't eat it fast food places because back then they didn't exist.

@aminorityofone 8 ай бұрын

Some of your struggle recipes i would never make, for many reasons. But this one i ate several times as a kid and have made it as an adult struggling. Healthy and super cheap. In my neck of the woods it was smoked ham hocks as we dont have neckbones at the stores up here.

@suzanneleonard5485 8 ай бұрын

Pork and beans, my favorite! I'm going to try this.

@danielsweeney6742 8 ай бұрын

Larry it is funny you stated about using the woods. Back when I was a kid my Mom, Aunt Brother and I when down to Tennessee. You knew there was a rest stop coming up because you could smell it. I’m not kidding.

@jerryferren9018 8 ай бұрын

Nostalgia: I remember those picnic tables in the 91 in California. This was back when the 91 had 2 lanes.

@RedRaven85 8 ай бұрын

Wife and I both grew up on stuff like you make in these videos and even now that I am making decent money we still go to these a lot regardless just because they have become comfort meals to us. Our favorite times are around the holidays like now, because after the holidays turkeys and ham's usually go on sale so we will spend the money and get one or two of each and stash em in the freezer. Cook em up and make a couple dozen meals out of em (or my favorite when my wife takes 2/3rds of a turkey and makes 2-3 dozen single turkey pot pies out of em from scratch. So tasty!) If you have the money, invest while you can in a big freezer, a vacuum sealer and a bunch of bags. Can pre-make a lot of single serve meals and freeze them down and they will last a while. Just had a pot pie my wife made (unbaked just put together and frozen) 6 months ago and it was as if it was made that day still because of being vacuum sealed and frozen.

@Silver_Miner 8 ай бұрын

I just open up a can of B&M or Bush beans slice up some franks and season as desired. Heat some up now and freeze some for later.

@valvenator 8 ай бұрын

Beans'n'weenies over rice or with a bread of some sort is one of my favorite comfort foods😋

@Barbarra63297 8 ай бұрын

We didn't eat canned baked beans often growing up but when mom did have them it was always Van Camp's. Mom usually made her own in a baked bean crock, she used smoked hocks (yum) and her own recipe for seasoning the sauce in the beans. There are still a couple good brands out there but I prefer to make my own, we always have a good supply of dry beans (all kinds) on hand. The only time we had beans with with weenies is if mom boiled up some dogs and brother and I would cut them up and put them in our baked beans. Now you made me hungry for baked beans :)

@oddities-whatnot 8 ай бұрын

That looks very good. The meat looks fantastic. I especially like the chilli peppers on top.

@virginiathomasakaicedragon6579 8 ай бұрын

Smoked paprika works too

@vforvendetta4538 8 ай бұрын

I love the resourcefulness of Americans we are sadly lacking in this in uk 😢

@MichaelR58 8 ай бұрын

Good video thanks for sharing YAH bless !

@joesch11 8 ай бұрын

I loved the "on the side of the road" meals while traveling

@roddmatsui3554 8 ай бұрын

I remember pork ‘n’ beans, and I even have a few cans of beans around here for food supply!

@tinashort9098 8 ай бұрын

I still love poke n beans( yep, it’s poke😂) and bologna sammiches

@usernameisusername 8 ай бұрын

Love it. 5 stars. Will be back

@stickybuns8626 8 ай бұрын

Snuck a can of beenie weenies into the cart last weekend shopping with my wife. Objectively not good but they invoke memories. Fantastic recipe. I like to smoke the beans themselves while I have a pork shoulder going, place them under the shoulder itself around the time the fat really starts rendering.