Bean-hole dinner in Patten celebrates Maine’s river driving heritage

by Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli
3 years ago
Lumberman's Museum Board member Ron Blum pulls a steaming pot of Maine red hot dogs during Saturday's' Bean Hole Bean Dinner in Patten. Credit: Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli / Houlton Pioneer Times
One-hundred-fifty pounds of white beans topped with thick slabs of salt pork, molasses and mustard were placed in large iron pots and lowered into specially dug holes layered with hot wood coals on Friday.Read more.