Calico Beans

1 pound ground beef, browned

1/2 pound bacon, cooked and cut up into small pieces

1 cup chopped onion

1 1/2 cup ketchup

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 teaspoons vinegar

1 teaspoon dry mustard

2 teaspoons salt

5 16 ounce cans of beans, drained (butter, kidney, lima, pork & beans, etc)

Mix all ingredients together in either a crock pot (if cooking it that way) or a large bowl (if canning is the process you are using)

If cooking in crock pot, use high heat for a couple hours until the onions are cooked and flavors are well blended.

If canning pressure, use meat times.

If water bath canning, process three hours.

Note: The beans taste better the next day after the flavors have been able to blend, so I usually can the beans.