Boston baked beans
plural noun
variants
or Boston Baked Beans
1
singular or plural in construction
: beans (such as navy beans) seasoned with molasses and salt pork and baked for a relatively long time at a relatively low temperature
Fish cakes were served with Boston baked beans. The beans, tasting of the signature Boston ingredient, molasses, were a little soupy but good.—Karl Wells
"What you ought to do is send a guy in a big chef's hat to Thompson along with a crock of Boston baked beans and maybe even a lobster," [politician] Mario Cuomo told the Dukakis camp.—Michael Kramer
Boston Baked Beans is perfect for winter … . This simple mixture is cooked long and slow to develop its sweet and savory flavor.—Michael Hastings
2
: a confection made of peanuts with a red candy shell
Inside is a counter containing more than 65 varieties of penny candy—most of it no longer costing a penny but still including most old-time varieties: nonpareils … jawbreakers and Boston baked beans.—Linda Charlton
His store sells many varieties of candy that gained popularity during the Great Depression, such as … Boston Baked Beans.—Amy O. Williams
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