I'm really starting to think that cooking black beans from dried is not worth my time, energy, or the ginormous effing mess that results when they inevitably boil over. Grrr...
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Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
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smonster - Jan 09, 2012 5:32:38 pm PST #5415 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
DavidS - Jan 09, 2012 5:36:34 pm PST #5416 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm really starting to think that cooking black beans from dried is not worth my time, energy, or the ginormous effing mess that results when they inevitably boil over. Grrr...
They're like 90 cents a can at TJs. So two cans plus Meatless Ground plus whatever tomatoey thing I can find on sale (by which I mean some kind of cheap diced tomato) and mushrooms/garlic plus a slew of spices (what I think of as a Moroccan mix: cinnamon, cloves, cumin, cayenne, allspice) and you've got a pot of veggie chili for about six bucks. I make it all the time for JZ's lunch and it lasts most of a week. (It's very tasty too. Don't stint on garlic!)
smonster - Jan 09, 2012 5:41:29 pm PST #5417 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
They're like 90 cents a can at TJs.
Well, I don't have a TJs, but canned black beans are pretty darn cheap. Just not as cheap as dried. And thanks for the recipe idea...
Maria - Jan 09, 2012 5:45:39 pm PST #5418 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Just not as cheap as dried.
Sounds like the dried have an extra aggravation factor that wipes out the monetary savings.
JenP - Jan 09, 2012 5:45:58 pm PST #5419 of 30001
I have never had good luck with dried beans, though after the first two times, I just gave up, so "never" is sort of overly dramatic there... yeah, I go with canned now, too.
Nora Deirdre - Jan 09, 2012 5:48:30 pm PST #5420 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I've had luck with the Camellia red beans and black eyed peas - I feel like I've cooked the black beans too, but I can't remember how those worked out.
askye - Jan 09, 2012 5:51:36 pm PST #5421 of 30001
Thrive to spite them
I can never get the texture right on dried beans. They go from being too hard to too mushy. And I tried freezing them when they were too hard and thawing them and reheating, but then they were icky from being frozen.
amych - Jan 09, 2012 5:55:13 pm PST #5422 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I have great luck with dried beans in the pressure cooker, but I'm hopeless with them in a normal pot on the stove.
smonster - Jan 09, 2012 6:02:03 pm PST #5423 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Nora, these are Camellia black beans. And yeah, my red beans turn out just fine.
Sounds like the dried have an extra aggravation factor that wipes out the monetary savings.
This is what I am learning. Well, I finished off the 1 lb bag I bought, I'll do my best to eat that up and will be buying canned from now on.
Connie Neil - Jan 09, 2012 6:31:39 pm PST #5424 of 30001
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Hubby does dried beans in the crockpot. I have flashbacks to my mother's cooking and don't do beans. I'm sorry, Mother, but your home cooking is not what fond childhood memories are made of. Except for your fudge. That was a thing of beauty.