First Prize Beans - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 lb. dried navy beans
10 whole cloves
1 onion
1 bay leaf
1 Tbsp. salt
1 lb. lean salt pork
1 lb. smoked ham or ham hocks
3 onions, chopped
3 cloves garlic, crushed
1 Tbsp. dry mustard
1/2 c. Jamaican rum

Preparation

Cover beans with water and soak overnight.
Drain. Put beans in a large pot and add fresh water to a depth of 3-inches above the beans.
Stick cloves into peeled onion and add to bean pot with bay leaf and salt.
Bring to a boil.
Boil rapidly 5 minutes. Skim foam from top of beans.
Reduce heat and simmer until beans are tender but not mushy.
Drain and reserve liquid.