REA Beans
Cathy Moussette, Cornell
(Member Services Director for Chippewa Valley Electric Cooperative)

1 lb. bacon, cut up 1 onion, chopped 1/2 cup catsup 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup white sugar 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. dry mustard 2 tsp. vinegar 1 can butter beans 1 can lima beans 2 cans pork & beans 1 can kidney beans

Fry bacon; drain all but 1 Tbsp. of the grease. In grease, fry onion until clear. In a separate bowl, mix catsup, sugars, salt, dry mustard, and vinegar. Drain beans. Mix everything together; bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour. (From our out-of-print What’s Cooking cookbook, this recipe was a longtime hit at Chippewa Valley Electric Co-op open houses.)