re: Good cowboy baked beans recipe

Back before "flavored beans like Bush's, etc" my mom would make cowboy beans. She had to feed 6 kids, dad and her, so this didn't last long. I don't have the recipe in front of me, but this is approximate:

5 cans pork and beans
1 # ground meat (or 1/2 and 1/2 ground meat and ground pork
1 large onion
1 bell pepper
2 rib celery
2-3 toes minced garlic
1/2 to 3/4 cup catsup
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tbsp yellow mustard
ADD Honey or cane syrup to sweeten more if you like
S&P

Use a dutch oven or other large pot. Brown off meat, pull out of pot and set in a strainer. Brown veggies, season with S&P, until soft over medium heat, add garlic toward end of sautée. Add meat, beans and other ingredients, stir and cook over low heat. Taste after an hour and add more seasoning and sweet aspect if you'd like.