Some things haven’t changed across the years. Both a hundred years ago and now, when people want to make a quick, easy, inexpensive dish, they sometimes reach for a can of Van Camp’s Baked Beans.
1920 Van Camp’s Baked Beans Advertisement
Some things haven’t changed across the years. Both a hundred years ago and now, when people want to make a quick, easy, inexpensive dish, they sometimes reach for a can of Van Camp’s Baked Beans.
A Hundred Years Ago 
But getting Van Camp’s into such a tidy pile on the plate? Yikes!
The woman in the ad looks very pleased with herself. 🙂
She certainly should be!
Hehe! Have to agree with the DumbestBlogger – Van Camp’s tend to the runny side. Perhaps the recipe has changed over the last 100 years?? My father had some strange ideas one of which was that baked beans were “poor people” food. I hadn’t tasted baked beans until I went to school and had the school lunch! I liked them then and still do.
It won’t surprise me if the recipe has changed across the years – thought it also won’t surprise me if the beans a hundred years ago actually had a higher proportion of sauce to beans than shown in the drawing. Even today I think of baked beans as an inexpensive (but tasty) source of protein.
I love baked beans. I know people who have baked bean sandwiches with the leftovers.
I never would have thought of making baked bean sandwiches with the leftovers.
Always have canned beans in the cupboard!
So do I.
We don’t have a cookout without baked beans.
Baked beans are perfect for cookouts, and family reunions, potluck dinners, and lots of other occasions.
We always had them at cookouts. In fact they were known as “camping beans” in the family.
Camping beans is a perfect name for them.
We don’t get Van Camp beans here… Here the beans of choice are Heinz Baked Beans 🙂
Van Camp may be just a U.S. brand – not sure.
A classic
I agree.
Van Camp beans are new to me…Heinz Beans are what I know and on occassions I love beans on toast 🙂
I don’t think that I’ve ever had beans on toast. I may have to give it a try.
On a slice of lovely sourdough very nice , Sheryl nothing fancy or if you don’t like your toast to go soggy have the toast on the side and eat with your beans,,,
I like toast with Welch Rarebit (cheese sauce) on it. I also like creamed vegetables on toast, so it wouldn’t bother me if the liquid in the beans softened the toast.
I love Welsh rarebit….
We always had B&M baked beans. I wonder which part of the country enjoys which brand the most.
It’s fascinating how much brand variation there is across different regions.
Kind of reassuring that all regional difference hasn’t disappeared.
They’ve been around forever, haven’t they? Sadly, I think of one of the few people in the world who doesn’t like baked beans. The ad is quite cool though!
I was surprised that they’ve been around for more than a hundred years.
I would have liked to have seen the recipe ideas as I’ve never used baked beans in a meal.xxx