No, this isn’t a scene from Mars; it’s the South Royalton bean hole BY Maggie | FILED UNDER: UPPER VALLEY | ON August 14, 2017 | TAGGED: instagram, royalton vt, south royalton Yes, the bean hole. South Royalton #VT firefighter Mark Wood, wearing a #suit made for fighting aircraft #fires, stands in the over 400-degree #heat of a #granite-lined #beanhole, shoveling out #coals to make room for six #pots of #baked #beans on the #SoRo green on Friday, July 28. The South Royalton Fire Department has been using the hole to #bake #beans for their #OldHomeDays #celebration for over 50 years. “We’ve only ever had two #disasters with the beans,” said former South Royalton Fire Chief Paul Whitney. “Once a heavy rain put the fire out and #charcoal #briquettes had to be used to finish the #cooking, and another time the person in charge of making the #sauce mistakenly added a large quantity of #salt instead of #sugar, making the beans inedible.” ➡️ Full story, including words and photos, at www.vnews.com. Direct link in profile. ⬅️ (Valley News – James M. Patterson @james.m.patterson) #uppervalley #upval #vnewsuv #photojournalism A post shared by Valley News (@vnewsuv) on Aug 14, 2017 at 12:53pm PDT Read more. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window) Related Submit a Comment Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email.