What kind of bean is a pork & bean?

Question

What kind of bean is a pork & bean?

Answer 1

In Bulgaria we eat pork ribs&bean for lunch/dinner.

Answer 2

I believe it's Great Northern or small white beans (they're the same bean basically).

Answer 3

The FDA is a bit vague on this but they say, "the dry mature beans of the species Phaseolus vulgaris L."

Answer 4

It's usually navy beans. More info here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pork_and_Be...