I recall my gran making warm milk with a spoon of black strap molasses in it. I got that after the teaspoon of cod liver oil in cold weather months. To this day I like the taste of both.

Et tu, Janie? Beans without sweetener is just beans, but now you mention it the baked beans I had in Jacksonville were not sweetened all that much--well, not as much as you'd find here.

As for hot sauces added to beans, there's hot then there's hot. I kinda hang around the 7/10 area of heat added to foods. That's just a bit before the tongue blisters I guess. However, I don't much care for tasteless sauces, so if it's just hot it won't cut it for this old boy.