On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 13:09:11 -0500, "William Jennings"
> wrote:

>After a little testing and research and not going into all the science; I've
>found to my taste soft water makes the best pinto beans. My tap water is
>hard coming from limestone. The bottled spring water I bought was
>significantly softer.

I'll try the bottled water this week, doc, for some pinto beans (btw,
I was 10-11 years old before I knew that "beans" could mean anything
but pinto ;-). I'll also add some "chicos," which is dried, but not
processed, sweet corn. Common in New Mexico but I haven't seen it
anywhere else.

David