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Default Tough Garbanzo Beans

On 7/15/2010 8:45 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> George Shirley wrote:
>> On 7/15/2010 6:22 PM, Mark Thorson wrote:
>>> I recently tried Trader Joe's canned garbanzo beans,
>>> and found them noticably tougher than my usual
>>> S&W brand. As I recall, S&W (and presumably other
>>> brands of canned garbanzo beans) are made from
>>> dehydrated beans. I think I remember seeing that
>>> on the ingredients list, in years past. I have
>>> a recent can and I checked it, and that ingredient
>>> is now called "prepared garbanzo beans" without any
>>> indication of what preparation that might be.
>>>
>>> Canned garbanzo beans seem to have risen in price
>>> quite a lot in recent years. I'm wondering whether
>>> there would be a cheaper brand as tender as S&W.
>>> I've thought about preparation from dry beans, but
>>> I like the convenience of a can. If I have to
>>> pressure cook them or something to soften them up,
>>> that's not worth it. I'll buy the can.

>>
>> Heck, I use the Kroger store brand canned garbanzos and they're very
>> tender. All I use them for is hummos but they are tender. Just went
>> and looked at the label, they're made from dehydrated beans, maybe
>> that makes them tender, all that soaking and cooking.

>
> I have never seen "fresh" garbanzo beans. All I've ever seen is canned
> and packages of dried. Do they actually sell fresh garbanzos?
>


I haven't either Janet and we lived in the Middle East for five years,
all the souk bean shops sold them dried. Somewhere in the world there
may be someplace to buy fresh but I've not been there.