Great Northern Beans With Tomatoes

Ingredients

• 14.5 ounce canned tomatoes diced drained canned
• 1 pound great northern beans dried
• 1 tablespoon blackstrap molasses 
• 1 teaspoon salt 
• 0.3 pound salt pork 
• 7 cups water 

Equipment

• dutch oven

Directions

1. Rinse and sort beans. Bring beans, 7 cups water, and salt pork to a boil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer 2 hours or until beans are tender, adding more water as needed to keep beans moist.
2. Remove salt pork, and stir in remaining ingredients. Simmer, covered, 10 more minutes.