Calico Beans

More than baked beans -- A meal in itself!

Ingredients:

• 1/2 lb. bacon
• 1/2 lb. ground beef
• 1 cup chopped onions
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp. dry mustard
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 2 Tbsp. vinegar
• Pepper to taste
• #2 can* of Pork and Beans
• #2 can* of red kidney beans
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• #2 can* of cut green beans
• #2 can* of green beans

*A #2 can is an old system of numbering and would have equaled 18 to 20 oz.

Directions:

In a skillet, brown 1/2 lb. bacon, 1/2 lb. ground beef, and 1 cup chopped onions. Drain off grease.

Mix together the remaining ingredients (except for beans).

Drain juice off each of the #2 size cans of beans and mix all ingredients together.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 minutes, or in crock pot 6-8 hours on low.

Source: A 50's recipe developed by the mother of Louise Gensamer Giedroc, Port Matilda, PA, and passed on to Fred Hammer at a high school reunion

By Fred from State College, PA