Article: July is national baked bean month, but Puritans ate baked beans by necessity.

JULY IS NATIONAL BAKED BEAN MONTH,

BUT PURITANS ATE BAKED BEANS BY NECESSITY

DANDRIDGE, Tenn., June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- July is National Baked Bean Month and at family picnics from Maine to California baked beans will be on the menu.

In the days of Puritan New England, the Pilgram settlers didn't have the pleasure of Sunday picnics but they did enjoy baked beans. By necessity.

Work was forbidden on the Sabbath, including cooking and sewing. "Every stitch you put in on Sunday will have to be taken out with your nose" was the dire warning of taciturn preachers to Puritan women.

Because no cooking could be done ...

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