"i was probably about 13 years old and mom and dad had to go away overnight leaving me in the care of my older brother. she told me to put on a pot of baked beans for supper the next night, and told me how long to soak them, etc. well, i found what i thought were dried beans and soaked the heck out of them for hours but they didn't show any sign of softening, so i just went ahead and put them in the pot with the rest of the ingredients and baked them. well, when mom came home and looked at the 'beans' she nearly died laughing , but just to be sure she went to the pantry and looked for her almonds. nope, no almonds, just almonds pretending to be baked beans! fortunately, over the years my cooking has improved considerably but i'll never forget the time i made 'baked beans'."   Submitted By: NULL