You're really cooking when you're cooking with Seven-Up!

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Here is the baked bean recipe to top them all.

7-UP BAKED BEANS

1 lb. navy beans 2 7-oz. bottles 7-Up 1 can (2½) tomatoes 6 slices bacon—cut into small pieces 2 tsp. salt ½ tsp. pepper 1 medium onion—diced ½ green pepper—diced 2 stalks celery—diced 1 can (8-oz.) tomato sauce ½ cup molasses ⅓ cup brown sugar ½ cup catsup 1 tbsp. prepared mustard 1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce 2 tsp. vinegar 1 can (2-oz.) mushroom pieces

Wash beans and soak overnight in water.

Next morning, drain water; add 7-Up, tomatoes, bacon, salt, pepper, cover and simmer 1 hour. Add onion, green pepper, celery, tomato sauce, molasses, sugar, catsup, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, vinegar, cover and simmer another hour. Then add mushrooms and turn into baking dish. Bake covered in slow oven (250° F.) for 3 or 4 hours. Remove cover and bake 1 hour longer.