Brown Derby Black Bean Pot with Ham (1950)

• 1-1/2 lbs black beans
• 1/2 lb salt pork, sliced
• 1 small ham bone
• 1 qt water
• 1 onion, minced
• 1/2 clove garlic, chopped fine
• 1/2 carrot, sliced
• 5 tbspns fat
• 1 bay leaf, crushed
• Pinch of thyme
• 1/4 tspn nutmeg
• 2 tbspns brown sugar, warmed
• 1/2 cup Jamaica run
• Salt and pepper

Soak the beans 2 hours, drain, and place in a large cast-iron pot with salt pork, ham bone, and water. Bring to a boil.

Saute the onion, garlic, and carrot in the fat in a separate skillet. Then add to pot. Add the bay leaf, thyme, and nutmeg. 

Cook slowly for 3 hours. Ads sugar and rum, and season to taste. Mix well and serve. Makes 6 servings.

More "Lost" Brown Derby Recipes

Classic Brown Derby Monte Cristo Sandwich (1959)

Classic Brown Derby Cobb Salad (1937)

(Origin - "The Brown Derby Cookbook - 50th Anniversary Edition, 1926 - 1976."  Foreward by Walter Scharfe, President of Brown Derby International Ltd; Hollywood, California.)