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Answer 1

1/2 cup bacon, chopped
1 pound lean ground beef
1 (15 ounce) can pork and beans
1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans, drained
1 (15 ounce) can butter beans
1 (15 ounce) can lima beans, drained
1/2 cup ketchup
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup chopped onion
3 tablespoons white wine vinegar
1 teaspoon mustard powder
1/2 cup chopped celery

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DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 C).
Place bacon and ground beef in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain and set aside.
In a four quart casserole dish, mix together the bacon, ground beef, pork and beans, kidney beans, butter beans, lima beans, ketchup, onion, vinegar, dry mustard and celery.
Cover and bake for 1 hour.

Answer 2

CALICO BEANS

1 (#21 - 2 lb.) can baked beans
2 (15 oz.) cans red kidney beans
2 (15 oz.) cans lima beans
1 lb. bacon ends (or omit and fry in bacon fat)
1 lb. hamburger, browned
1 lb. onion (or cut in half and add 1 garlic clove

Fry bacon and lift from skillet, pour off fat. Next fry onions (which have been chopped) and remove from skillet. Then fry the hamburger until done, but not brown. Mix beans with meat and onions and put in baking dish.

CALICO BEANS SAUCE:

4 tbsp. vinegar
2 tsp. dry mustard
2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 c. firmly packed brown sugar
1 c. ketchup

Mix all ingredients. Pour sauce over beans. Bake at 350 degrees for at least 1 1/2 hours or overnight in crock pot on low. Doubling the recipe is MORE than enough for a 6 quart crockpot.
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