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      Title: Baked Beans
 Categories: Sides, Holidays, German, Oktoberfest, Starch
      Yield: 1 crockpot full

  1 1/2 lb great northern beans, dry
    3/4 ts baking soda
      1 lb country spare ribs
      1 c  ketchup
      1 c  water
      2 tb dark molasses, don't skimp
      1 ea medium or large onion, chopped
      1 c  dark brown sugar, packed
      1 tb dark brown sugar
      2 ts Coleman dry mustard
    1/2 tb salt, to taste
      3 ea dollop of Open Pit BBQ sauce

1) Wash and sort beans.  Soak overnight covered in water.
2) Next day......wash again and par boil with baking soda until bite tender.  (The amount of time varies......you want a firm bite tender ---- start tasting around 15 minutes). Drain and rinse.
3) Place beans in crock pot.  Mix in all seasonings and place the ribs on top.  Cover and bake on high in slow cooker for 4 to 6 hours.  When done remove pork and pitch bones and cut pork into small bits.  Mix pork through the beans and serve.
4) PS  Best part is snacking on the bones!

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