Boston baked beans, sweetened with molasses or maple syrup and flavored with salt pork or bacon, have been around since colonial times.
From the ocregister.com
Boston baked beans, corn chowder and pumpkin pie are evidence of the importance of those ingredients in the lifestyle of the Colonists and the history of the region.
From the heraldtribune.com
Boston brown bread and baked beans have been paired and served as staples in New England for generations.