I am a dedicated Rancho Gordo beans customer and have learned a lot from Guru Steve Sando, but I appreciate having all the information about cooking times and dry bean to cooked beans ratio here in one place. Thanks!
I learned at today years old heirloom beans exist. I must buy purple and other pretty color beans. I keep dried beans around for emergencies (some new, some dried soy beans I've had in jars for probably 15 years lol). Long ago I used to cook dried beans, but I'm lazy I'm all canned beans now. Even though you can make them super fast in a instant pot which I have.. but those heirloom beans are calling me.
Useless fact: I always loved Lima beans growing up, I never understood why everyone hates them lol.
Chiming in from New England; Boston in my childhood and Maine in my adultitude, we have a special fondness and skill with the "small white bean" or the "great northern" bean. Baked beans from Durgin Park were and are the standard. Now that I'm in Maine, I've been introduced to Bean Hole beans. A variation of the small white bean recipe, but kettled and cooked underground- do not mess with Maine is all I can say.
Just to prove i read your posts:
“ You can throw up in the water before you go to work in the morning and then they’re ready to cook when you get home. ” Really?
Well now we did throw up. What an excellent typo
I was cracking up at that too & read it a few times to see if I misread :)
I am a dedicated Rancho Gordo beans customer and have learned a lot from Guru Steve Sando, but I appreciate having all the information about cooking times and dry bean to cooked beans ratio here in one place. Thanks!
I learned at today years old heirloom beans exist. I must buy purple and other pretty color beans. I keep dried beans around for emergencies (some new, some dried soy beans I've had in jars for probably 15 years lol). Long ago I used to cook dried beans, but I'm lazy I'm all canned beans now. Even though you can make them super fast in a instant pot which I have.. but those heirloom beans are calling me.
Useless fact: I always loved Lima beans growing up, I never understood why everyone hates them lol.
Those bean are so fucking pretty right?
Chiming in from New England; Boston in my childhood and Maine in my adultitude, we have a special fondness and skill with the "small white bean" or the "great northern" bean. Baked beans from Durgin Park were and are the standard. Now that I'm in Maine, I've been introduced to Bean Hole beans. A variation of the small white bean recipe, but kettled and cooked underground- do not mess with Maine is all I can say.
Underground???? Ok, now we're obsessed