Today I made baked beans for the first time in a long time. Baked beans are similar to Korean 콩조림 but the ingredients and cooking method are a bit different. Korean beans are made with soy sauce and sugar and boiled until there is almost no liquid left. Western baked beans are a complete meal so it includes onion, ham or bacon, spices, garlic, dark sugar and/or molasses, and tomato paste. It's cooked slowly in an oven or a slow cooker for several hours. It's usually eaten with bread (homemade is best!) or fish cakes.
I ate this several times a month when I was young. When my mother made bread she would leave some of the dough to fry in the frying pan. This kind of fried bread is called a touton (this word seems to be used only in Newfoundland). Toutons and baked beans! I must learn how to make bread.

