Dry Beans

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Ok, so now I am trying my had at cooking dry beans for 1, how would you all cook

them?

 

Val

 

 

 

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Just put the amount in your pot, say a cup and cover with water about 2 inches

about the beans. Depending on which dry bean you are cooking, would depend on

how you would then proceed. Split peas and lentil, don't require a soak before

cooking. Most all the others, you would bring them to a boil and boil for 5

minutes. Then turn off the burner and let it sit, covered on that burner, for

2 hours, and then cook until tender. Cover when you cook. If you use a pressure

cooker, it will cook faster. Most dry beans require at least 1 hour of cooking.

You could also soak them over night in cold water in a bowl on the kitchen

counter. Fill the bowl until the water is 2 inches above the beans. Then rinse

them in the morning, cover with 2 inches of fresh water and cook until tender.

Season with Salt and any other spices and cook a few more minutes for them beans

to absorb the seasonings.

 

**Always wash your dry bean first and look for stones or trash.

 

We love dry beans. They are so economical to cook with and last so long on the

shelf.

Judy

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Valerie Cropsey

Monday, May 29, 2006 9:16 PM

Dry Beans

 

 

Ok, so now I am trying my had at cooking dry beans for 1, how would you all

cook them?

 

Val

[Guest guest]

If you do Pressure Canning, that's what I'd do. You don't cook the

beans first (the way I do it) but it's very important to soak them and

discard the water and use fresh for canning.

 

The nice thing about this is you can do them in 1 cup size jars (but

the canning company says you still have to follow process times for

pints because the cup size isn't tested) or even smaller I guess

though 1 c. is the smallest I've used.

 

Also you can can different types of beans all in one batch, like a jar

of garbanzos, a jar of pintos, etc. I've even made " baked " beans this

way from scratch.

 

Here's where I got my recipe:

http://www.pathlights.com/nr_encyclopedia/Health%20Notes/healnote27.htm#Canned%2\

0Beans

(bottom of the page)

 

However, I can them at 15 lbs pressure because of my altitude. In

fact, I'd strongly suggest following all USDA approved canning methods

because pressure canning is easy but get sloppy with it and the

results can be deadly! Only the first time or two when you are new and

trying to figure it all out is hard.

 

You could also cook a batch of beans and freeze what you don't need,

but I don't like them after they've been frozen.

 

Otherwise, I think you'd be better off just buying them canned. They

don't cost much and it saves lots of work.

 

Phyllis

 

, Valerie Cropsey

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I would soak them over night, rinse, put in fresh water and cook them until

they are done. Sometimes I add onions to the second water and some spices.

It depends on what I want to use them for. If I get the urge for beans that

same day, and they are not already soaked, I bring them to a boil, and boil

for 5 minutes, and let them sit an hour. This is the same as soaking them

overnight!! If I want them even faster, after the 5 minute boil and soak

for an hour, I sometimes cook them in a pressure cooker, but you have to be

careful with that and really know how to use the pressure cooker.

 

Marilyn Daub

mcdaub

Vanceburg, KY

My Cats Knead Me!!

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Valerie Cropsey

Monday, May 29, 2006 10:16 PM

Dry Beans

 

 

Ok, so now I am trying my had at cooking dry beans for 1, how would you

all cook them?

 

Val

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I often cook them in the pressure cooker, but most often I put them in

a crockpot in the morning. I used to soak etc., but have found that

especially with the crockpot, it hasn't made that much difference. In

the morning put 1 1/2 cups of dry beans and 4 1/2 cups of water in

the crockpot. Set it on low (be sure to plug it in, *lol*), and

ignore it for 8 hours. When you get home - soft, perfectly cooked beans.