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New Englanders keep the beans baking

Regional tradition endures to this day

By Matt Barber

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  February 29, 2012

Aside from appearing at venerable restaurants such as Durgin-Park and Union Oyster House, and at church suppers around New England, Boston baked beans - which gives this town its nickname - is not a common menu item. Still, making beans from scratch has been an enduring ritual of the region and one that continues today.

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