1956 Stuffed Onions

• 6 large onions (i like to use the yellow)
• 34 cup boiling water
• 12 teaspoon salt or 12 teaspoon salt substitute
• 12 lb sausage (turkey sausage works well too)
• 12 cup cooked navy beans
• 18 teaspoon pepper
• 12 teaspoon salt (2nd measurement needed)
• 12 teaspoon dry mustard
• 12 cup breadcrumbs
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped celery tops
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar

1. Cook onions in the boiling, salted water for 20 minutes; Drain and cool.
2. Cook sausage in frying pan until lightly browned; Drain off fat.
3. Remove the centers of the onions, leaving a bottom so that the filling does not fall through; Set aside.
4. Add beans, chopped onion centers, and seasonings to cooked sausage; mix well.
5. Divide mixture and stuff into the 6 onion"bowls" you have created; place in baking dish.
6. Mix bread crumbs, celery, and brown sugar together; sprinkle onto the top of each onion.
7. Bake onions at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes.
8. Wonderful when served with fresh, steamed green beans and clover leaf rolls.

onions, boiling water, salt, sausage, beans, pepper, salt, mustard, breadcrumbs, celery tops, brown sugar

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/1956-stuffed-onions-112835 (may not work)