Cozy Stovetop Calico Beans Recipe - Chowhound

Patterson Watkins/Chowhound Like many popular home recipes, we have no real idea who first came up with the concept of calico beans, nor who was first to name it, but the name does seem to derive from the fact that the different colors of beans bear some resemblance to this old-timey fabric. Calico beans do have a few other names, though, including cowboy beans and Roosevelt beans. The latter makes us suspect…