2 cups pea beans
1/4 lb salt pork
1 Tbs salt
1/4 tsp dry mustard
1/2 cup maple syrup, or more


Soak beans overnight and parboil until the skins break when you blow on a spoonful. Put bean in a bean pot and por in a mixture of the remaining ingredients. Place the salt pork on top. Bake uncovered at 350 degrees until the salt pork browns (about 1/2 hour). Turn oven down to 325 degrees and bake uncovered for 6 - 8 hours. Check the beans every hour or so and add boiling water when the beans look dry on top.