Navy or soldier beans from a local place, a hunk of bacon fried in a pan with the par cooked beans, enough water to cover them by about 2 or 3 inches, a big dollop of ketchup, molasses, couple heaping tsps of dry mustard, plenty of S&P a sprinkle of nutmeg and a whole peeled onion with the root cleaned but still on. Let her bake in the hole (or the oven all day) stirring occasionally (in the oven) and simmering a can of steamed brown bread in a water bath on the wood-stove (or the stove top). Look up the King Arthur Flour recipe, and steam a few red hot dogs for your protein! Voila! Its a good meal! A 1lb bag of beans will make a 8qt dutch oven full. Following day I like then reheated w a sunny side egg and a slice of pan fried brown bread w butter.