A Saturday Night Tradition
Morse's Yellow Eye Beans
In pioneer days the delicious aroma of pots of beans,
slowly cooking all day long on wood burning stoves, welcomed the family to supper and rest. Since that time, this wonderfully
nourishing and comforting Saturday night meal has remained a Nova Scotia tradition.
The Morse family, who settled in the Annapolis Valley with the
New England planters in 1760, grew many varieties of baking beans on their farm over the years but the one which emerged as
the favourite was the Kenearly variety of yellow eye bean developed at the Agricultural Centre in Kentville. Although not
a heavy yielding variety, it is noted for its excellence of flavour and high baking qualities.
Now grown and packed by the Shilliday family, who took over the
Morse farm in 1998, Morse's beans are still produced with the same loving care which is only found in a small family business.
Always conscious of the environment, we use no pesticides in the
production of the bean crop, which is air dried after mechanical harvesting, resulting in less pre-soaking and cooking time
than conventional kiln dried beans. During the final cleaning and packaging the beans are carefully hand sorted to ensure
an exceptionally clean and waste free package of beans.
When Morse's Yellow Eye Beans are used in your favourite recipe
the results are sure to be pleasing.
