Baked beans also have a connection to Maine’s lumber industry. Oliver said lumber workers often used the traditional “bean hole,” which was a buried cast iron pot.

Typically, Maine baked beans are baked, covered, in a very low oven, 250 degrees, for a very long time, 8 to 10 hours. You remove the lid in the last hour or so of cooking, so the salt pork can ...

Maine at Work: Reporter spills the beans about factory where nothing is half-baked. ... But within minutes, I saw a 900-pound bean pot, full of freshly baked beans, flying toward me.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An iconic baked beans factory that stood for more than 150 years is going to cease production to make way for an institution affiliated with Northeastern University, ...

Lobster pounds and clam shacks. Pick-your-own berries and local corn. Whoopee pies and Italian sandwiches. Baked bean suppers and fiddlehead ferns.

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