Some even point to French cassoulet as an inspiration for Canadian baked beans. By 1956, baked beans had become so popular in Canada that the head chef of the Royal York Hotel in Toronto quipped ...

Canadian Baked Beans. Mrs. Higgins. Boil the beans, until they begin to crack, with a pound or two of fat salt pork; put the beans in the baking-pan; score the pork across the top, and settle in the ...