Circus day beans

• 3-5 Slices of bacon, cut in bits
• 1 small onion
• 1 pound ground beef
• 3 regular cans Van Camp’s Pork ‘n Beans
• 1/8 tsp. dried mustard
• 1/8 tsp. instant minced garlic
• 1 – 2 tsp. chili powder
• up to 1 Tbsp. brown sugar (optional)
• 1⁄4 cup barbeque sauce or 1⁄2 barbeque sauce, 1⁄2 ketchup

Brown bacon bits in a heavy skillet. Remove from pan. Add ground beef and onion and brown.

Combine all ingredients.

Cooking methods:

1. Crock-pot
2. Bake in a covered casserole pan in the oven at 325 (300) degrees for one (two)hour(s).
3. Heat thoroughly in large kettle on top of the stove.

Substitutions and Notes:

• Use instant minced onion in place of chopped onion
• Use 1⁄4 tsp prepared yellow mustard in place of dried mustard.
• Use a plain barbeque sauce such as Kraft.
• Add barbeque sauce to taste. You may prefer more.
• The more ketchup you use, the less brown sugar needed, since ketchup is sweet.
• Remove the fat chunks from the beans before cooking.