Beans, Beans, Beans.

[wannabedebtfree]

Thanks for everything. I will have a "bean cooking session" this weekend.

Just remember, do not add any salt or salty seasonings till the beans are completely done, this can cause them to never get soft.
I usually add it in the last 30 minutes or so.

[nodmicks]

Mick, I've looked into buying bulk beans online, but after shipping & handling on those large quantities, I'm not saving any money.

I also buy the 1 lb. bags, unless I can luck up and find the larger 5 lb. sizes of my favorites, usually I can only find the 5 lb. bags in pintos and while I love pintos, they aren't one that I fix as often as black beans or red beans.

I have plastic type containers (the taller lock-n-lock ones) sitting on my kitchen counter, one for black beans, another one for red beans, one for chickpeas, etc., you get the idea.
When I buy a bag or two, I always pop them into my freezer for a day or two, take them out, empty the ones that I have in my container into a bowl and then put the fresh ones on bottom.
Then I just pour the older ones back on top.

That way they stay rotated and the older ones always get used up first. But usually I don't have to worry about beans getting too old around here, I put them into everything!

Why do you freeze them a day or two?

[cheles2kids]

Why do you freeze them a day or two?

Just more as a precautionary measure than anything, it's just something I've always done with both beans and grains.

I've read here and several other places that it helps to kill any bugs or bug larvae that might be lurking in them, so it's just something I've gotten into the habit of doing.

[Ali Lee]

PrairieRose...I'm putting my feet under your table! My kind of "fine eating" .. Yum!

[Durgan]

Soy Beans
http://www.durgan.org/ShortURL/?VJAIO 26 August 2008 Soy Bean preparation

They are prepared in the following manner. About five cups of dried beans are washed, boiled in water for 10 minutes to remove dirt, washed again, placed in the pressure cooker for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Boiled for about 5 minute to mix with a sweetener, (I use stefia), and some molasses for colour. The mixture is the blended and stored in liter jars. Five cups of beans make 3 to 4 liters depending upon the size of the soy beans and the amount of water added for blending. The jars are then stored in the refrigerator, and one liter is about four days supply for one person.

Like all human food, soy beans are an addition, not a complete replacement for other foods. Another attraction is some independence from the offerings of the centralized, mega-food processing industry.

A bowl of soy beans thus prepared are eaten every day for breakfast, along with a bowl of rolled oats.Very simple, low cost and nourishing. As prepared, I find the beans easy to digest, and they supply a major portion of my food requirements each day. I have been eating soy beans for many years.

You wont see this on a TV cooking show. Eat to live-not live to eat.

http://www.durgan.org/ShortURL/?ZRVRZ Summary: Soy Bean preparation