Reviewed: Nov. 3, 2006

I only give it 4 stars because it was too watery. I found they had great taste! They were just runny and the flavor was watered down too. The recipe calls for 8 cups of water and I was not sure if that meant with the water drained off or not. alltogether I put in 9 cups of water. One cup from the reserved beans water, 8 from tap. Next time I will only add 8 total cups of water, and open the cover about an hour before they are done, just to thicken them up a little. Even runny they have been a great lunch at work over some wheat bread.

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Ben

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Reviewed: Sep. 24, 2006

This recipe is much like the way my beloved grandmother made her Sunday night beans, only way back then she didn't have a crockpot. I made one slight alternation; I added a good-sized pinch of ground cloves because that's the way she made 'em special. I love the crockpot idea, though. So convenient!

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KATYPI

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Reviewed: May 18, 2006

AMAZING!! Tasted just like they were cooked for hours in the oven!!

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Reviewed: May 1, 2006

Crockpots/slow cookers are wonderful auxiliary appliances at any time and especially when preparing a variety of foods for entertaining. I was pleased to find these beans with 100% 5 star rating - at least preceeding me. I was really disappointed in them. I thought I followed the recipe exactly. I do this first time out so I can fairly evaluate the recipe as originally presented. Maybe I omitted an ingredient without realizing it but they were tasteless. I made them for my daughter's engagement party and saw the beans remained, uneaten on many of the guests plates. A good friend (who knows she can tell me what less familiar guests wouldn't) confided that the food was so good she was surprised that the beans did not compare.

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JUNEAD

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Reviewed: Apr. 1, 2006

Awesome beans! Tasted even better than the ones I've baked in the oven.

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kayakinnan

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Reviewed: Jan. 18, 2006

Really excellent flavor. This is a recipe that will find its way to my table on special occasions only because it takes awhile to cook. I added a sliced kielbasa to mine and we had it for a meal. Really good recipe--Thanks!

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Brooksie

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Reviewed: Jan. 4, 2006

I could not believe how easy it was to make. I tried making baked beans once before and they were awful. If this recipe had not turned out my husband would have been eating beans from a can for the rest of his life. He loved this recipe and we will make it again. Thanks.

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greencleo

Cooking Level: Beginning

Home Town: Elmvale, Ontario, Canada

Living In: Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

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Reviewed: Jan. 2, 2006

I served this yesterday for a New Years celebration and all I got were rave reviews. I only did a few things different. I did a quick soak on the beans and did not pre-cook them. I just put two cups of the soaking liquid in the crockpot. I followed the other directions exactly other than that I added two whole jalepenos to it (seeds and all) to give it a slight heat in the back of your throat when you eat it...it was so mild that my norweigen in-laws couldn't really tell that I had added it. The beans came out darker colored (normal when making them in the crockpot) but the taste is out of this world!! You must try this recipe!!!

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CHEFANDERSEN

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Reviewed: Nov. 1, 2005

So easy to prepare and has that fantastic made from scratch taste that you can't get out of can. I just soaked the beans in my crockpot over night, draining off most of the water in the morning. By the time you cook them for 12-14 hours, you really don't need to cook the beans seperately beforehand. Browned the salt pork first before adding so the pork would completely render. Added 1/2 tablespoon of cider vinegar to the beans right before serving to perk them up a little.

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