Talk:Boston baked beans

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The idea that brown bread was "invented" in Boston is comical in the extreme, though worthy of tears given the propensity of a certain folk to claim ultimate heritage of nearly everything under the sun. Perhaps someone with an broader outlook, ahem, could clarify. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.192.201.12 (talk) 23:42, 8 December 2013 (UTC)Reply

Boston brown bread is a specific type of brown bread - as such, it is not particularly comical. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.158.48.14 (talk) 13:47, 2 October 2015 (UTC)Reply

Cholent

Latest comment: 5 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

The sabbatarian Pilgrims and Puritans were the originators of "Boston baked beans", which they brought with them from Holland, where they had learned to make cholent from the Jews there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.113.225.4 (talk) 01:49, 27 November 2017 (UTC)Reply

There is no evidence that the Pilgrims in New England followed Sabbath cooking restrictions similar to Orthodox Jews. The book cited in this article clearly states that this is just conjecture and has no evidence. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:246:800:8A80:392B:8D3F:6B60:2D53 (talk) 20:59, 4 February 2021 (UTC)Reply

De-stub-class this article

Latest comment: 10 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

This is Wikipedia. There are no rules or guidelines for what classes of data must appear when writing about a given topic. This article is about the common phrase Boston baked beans. But nowhere are we told when, or approximately when, the phrase entered the English language. This, after a cheerful 16 years online.

I consult Wikipedia frequently to ascertain a single fact most fundamental to a topic, as I did here. A high percentage of the time, as here, it's withheld.

Jimlue (talk) 18:10, 14 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

No, it's about the dish, not its name. Wikipedia articles are about the subjects of the articles, not their names, which are often merely descriptive, even if they contain a section about the name, which can sometimes be a distinctive aspect of the subject. But that's not the case here, as it really is just a descriptive name, being a style of baked beans that originated in Boston. Wikipedia is not a dictionary. For that you want Wiktionary. oknazevad (talk) 13:20, 5 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

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