"blake murphy"
"cshenk" wrote:

>>like making my own but agree that in many recipes it's just sensible to
>>use
>>a can. As Sheldon says, the small amount I *may* save isnt worth the time
>>and depending on your cooking method and energy costs, may be more
>>expensive
>>in the long run to do dried!

> for me, it depends on what i'm making. bean soup gets dried, chili
> gets canned. (maybe i should try chili again with dried; i had tough
> beans once, but maybe they were just old.)

Same here except I do dried in chili too now. Could have been old beans
there. I'll add a reminder that for us, most of the reason for dried is a
small salt reduction (so we can save up that little bit for use in something
else and still fit in mandated Doc's limits for Don).