Once a year we make Cowboy Beans. We put on our cowboy hats and chaps and spurs ....
I'm kidding. First, we fried a pound of bacon and let the bacon drain.
Then we opened our favorite kinds of beans in 16 oz cans.
What is a cowboy's favorite bean? Pinto!
We used pinto, pork and beans, black eyed peas, and butter beans.
Dump the beans and all the liquid into the iron dutch oven.
1/3 cup of pure maple syrup
The hamburger and onions are rowned. Dump them into the beans.
Add 3 tablespoons dry mustard,
1 tablespoon lemon juice,
1/3 cup brown sugar,
Add 3 tablespoons ketchup,
salt and pepper to your liking.
We are cooking with gas! The steam is rolling, and it smells like maple bacon.
Let is simmer on the stove a few hours or set it directly on your campfire coals.
It will thicken as it cooks.
We have a bushel of apples that need to be used so let's make applesauce.
Cut up the golden delicious apples and bring to a boil.
Then let simmer until squishy. The chickens will get the peelings.
I add a scoop of brown sugar and mash them with a fork.
This is so easy.
Cornbread is a must for any cowboy dinner.
I ran out to the hen house and got a fresh egg.
This is Bev wrapped up in every warm garment we could find, including a blanket over her lap.
She is having a ball sipping hot coffee and watching the fire.
There's my cowboy.
Did cowboys have Starbucks? No, just starlight nights.
Bev is such a trooper. She enjoys doing things outside.
It was about dinner time.
I clicked my cowgirl boots together 3 times and dinner was ready.
One more thing. You will need this after all those beans and bacon, believe me.
Happy Trails.
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