cooking dried beans

On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 07:01:42 -0600, Omelet
wrote:


The real reason people have trouble cooking dried beans is because
they are impatient... they do have freeze dried beans nowadays ya
know. I see no point in cooking dried beans when so many varieties
are readily available already cooked in tins, up to #10. I don't buy
the #10 size but I've started buying beans in larger than the 15 ounce
size, there's significent savings. I will cook dried beans and peas
for soups because I cook those all day anyway, but for most uses it's
easy to open a can... the 20 oz and 40 oz tins are very handy and the
price is much better than buying a lot of small cans. I have several
shelves of canned beans in my basement.
A very small sampling from my kitchen pantry:
http://i51.tinypic.com/24esxl4.jpg
 
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:40:52 -0600, Omelet
wrote:


Dried beans aren't so cheap anymore. I think when all things are
considered dried beans are no bargain. If you buy the larger tins
they cost less than dried, and especially since they're already
cooked.
 
On 12/02/2011 8:16 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:


Works for me. I rarely eat beans, but once in a while I use some black
beans or chick peas. It would be cheaper to buy them dry, but if I want
to use them for something I have to soak them overnight and then cook
them. That is more planning for a meal than I am used to having to deal
with. It is so much more convenient to just open a can.
 
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 01:19:52 -0600, Omelet
wrote:


There's one in the Whitehouse. LOL

There are plenty of turtle beans in cans.. they're plenty black enough
for me.

If you opt for Subscribe & Save they're $1.50 a can... I buy quite a
few products with this program, comes right to my door and free
shipping:
http://www.amazon.com/Eden-Organic-Black-Beans-15-Ounce/dp/B000GZS9Q6

Perhaps if you contact the company you can ask about buying this
product in #10 cans: http://www.edenfoods.com/contact/

You can buy black soy dried beans in bulk:
http://www.edenfoods.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=31_66&products_id=102814
 
In article ,
Omelet wrote:




Amazon *does* sell the Eden black soy beans, though. I didn't mention
it because they only show them in 15oz cans. Still, if the bigger cans
aren't significantly cheaper, what's the point? If you have the time to
deal with it, you can cook them from dry. If you don't have the time,
you don't want to deal with the leftovers from a #10 can.

Good luck!

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
[email protected]
 
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 11:35:29 -0800, Dan Abel wrote:


Any time I've bought the larger cans of anything the price goes down
significantly, even more when buying by the case.


The entire point of canned is not having to cook beans, and it's not
only the time, there's the price of energy for cooking. I would never
opt to cook plain dried beans such as one gets from a can. The only
time I cook dried beans is for bean soup... and bean soup can be made
with canned beans too.


Most folks in the US own at least one freezer. Hardly anyone opens a
can of beans to eat them plain... most cook beans into a dish that can
be frozen (like beans soup) or otherwise preserved, such as marinated
three-fifteen bean salad. The price difference with say a 40 ounce
can of beans is so you get at least one 15 ounce can for free... much
better with #10 cans.
 
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