by Gary Maclean

Created on: April 21, 2008   Last Updated: February 26, 2011

This is a simple, hearty, very filling, bean casserole type of dish. It is excellent at any big family gathering. Tasty, tasty, tasty! Let's get to work.

The ingredients are simple; I believe if salt, pepper, garlic and onion can't do it, then you don't need it. We'll start small, although I have always made at least a triple recipe. First. all the ingredients;

1 pound of cheap burger*
1 pound of bulk pork sausage
1 pound of cheap bacon*

*I use "cheap" in places because you don't need the real pretty stuff that you would put on someone's plate; it will be absorbed by the fixin's anyway, they'll never know the difference. Besides, "cheap" gives all the flavor, perhaps even more because of the fat, the high priced stuff does.

1 large sweet onion (Vidalia)
2 sections of one clove of garlic
2 small cans of mushroom bits and pieces

1 cup of cheap bar-b-q sauce*
1 cup of cheap catsup*
1/2 cup of cheap mustard*

1 pound of medium cheddar cheese
1 pound of colby cheese
OPTIONAL one pound of large curd cottage cheese OPTIONAL

5 medium cans of canned pork and beans

I use different types of beans all the time, so I always have a variety of some kind. Some times I use the fancy Boston baked, or the green giant with the sauce. Experiment, just don't use raw beans and don't use all the same beans.

1) Open all the cans of beans and stir them into a pot that will be about one half full when you get all the beans into it. You need the other half of the pot for all the other good stuff. The pot also needs to be able to go into the oven. Put the beans on a low burner to simmer while you get the other stuff ready. Pre-heat the oven to 350

2) Cut the pound of bacon in half while it is still in the package. Cut each half, in half once again. Fry the bacon until it is a rich reddish brown, don't let it get crispy burnt. Stir the bacon into the beans but keep the grease in the fry pan.

3) Fry the sausage in the bacon grease. Break it into fairly little, bite-size chunks. Fry it till it is definitely cooked all the way through then stir it into the bean pot, once again, save the grease.

4) Fry the burger in the bacon/sausage grease breaking it up just like you did the sausage. When it is done stir it into the bean pot. Save the grease.

5) Now, cut the onion in half, lay each half down on the cutting board on the flat side and holding it together, slice it long ways. Then turn it around and slice it the other way as well. You are making as close to diced onions as you can.

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