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	Boston baked beans bordelaise, à la borek; bourek; burek borscht; borsch Boston baked beans Boston brown bread Boston cream pie Boston lettuce Definition: A melange of navy beans or pea beans (the latter a favorite with New Englanders), salt pork, molasses and brown sugar, baked in a casserole for hours until tender. The dish is so named because it was made by Puritan Bostonian women on Saturday, to be served for dinner that night. Because cooking was forbidden on the Sabbath, leftover beans were served with boston brown bread for Sunday breakfast . . . and, ofttimes, lunch. --Copyright (c) 1995 by Barron's Educational Series, from The New Food Lover's Companion, Second Edition, by Sharon Tyler Herbst
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