[ad_1] Boston, Massachusetts is also known as Beantown due to its history of producing molasses used for baked beans. The nickname may have originated from a phrase coined by a Boston resident in the early 20th century. Boston’s reputation for baked beans spread throughout the country, and the dish became a popular request at local […]
[ad_1] Boston’s love for beans and its nickname “Beantown” originated from the Plymouth Pilgrims Colony who learned to cook beans with maple syrup from American Indians. Baked beans became a standard Sunday meal for the Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Molasses replaced maple syrup as the sweetener, leading to the birth of Boston Baked […]
