Old-Fashioned Baked Beans (as eaten in Pouch Cove cafe for lunch on this very rainy windy day) 454 g (1 lb) 2 cups Thompson's White Pea Beans, 5 cups cold water, 1 med onion, sliced, 1/2 tbsp. salt, 2 tsp. cider vinegar, 1 tbsp. brown sugar, 1/2 tsp. prepared mustard, 1/4 cup Crosby's/Grandma Fancy Molasses, 1/2 cup tomato ketchup (no salt added ketchup), Pinch black pepper, 1/4 lb. pork or bacon, sliced (low salt bacon/pork bellies or lean port), Sort and rinse beans. SOAK BEANS OVERNIGHT in cold water. Drain. Add 5 cups cold water, cover, heat to boiling, then simmer 30 minutes or until nearly tender. Drain. Place onion slices on bottom of 6 cup flameproof casserole dish. Add remaining 7 ingredients in with the beans, stirring gently to combine, then pour entire mixture into
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