Commercially canned pork and beans were introduced in the United States sometime around 1880. According to the 1975 Better Homes and Garden Heritage Cookbook, canned pork and beans was the first convenience food.
European settlers are thought to have adapted the recipe using pork and molasses. There is another theory that the recipe can be traced to the classic French bean stew cassoulet. Henry Heinz launched his baked beans in the U.S. in 1895 and brought them to the UK nine years later. Beans became a staple of the British diet.
A bowl of pork and beans. Pork and beans is a culinary dish that uses beans and pork as its main ingredients. Numerous variations exist, usually with a more specific name, such as Fabada Asturiana, Olla podrida, or American canned pork and beans.
They began selling baked beans throughout the UK in 1901, and baked beans became a standard part of the English full breakfast soon after. Heinz removed pork from the product during the Second World War rationing. Originally, Heinz baked beans were prepared in the traditional United States manner for sales in Ireland and Great Britain.
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