On Mon, 9 Mar 2009 16:23:13 -0700, "King's Crown" >
wrote:

>Beans not old, no hard water and I'm about 20 feet above sea level, so no
>altitude with which to contend.
>
>I tried the recipe because it was a slow cooker (crockpot) recipe. My mom
>had surgery last week and is about an hour away. Going back and forth makes
>it hard to have a home cooked meal. Decided to try the crockpot and ended
>up with hard beans. I've cooked beans from their dried state plus only
>water in the crock pot with no soaking and been very successful on many
>occasions.
>
>So, either I bought some freaky dried beans at the store or as stated above
>the sugar and vinegar were preserving the beans hardness while I was trying
>to cook them.

I had the same thing happen to me the one time I cooked beans in a
slow cooker. I cooked them for an eternity, then another eternity,
then in a pan for quite awhile. Eventually, like yours, they became
edible, but they were still al dente. No more beans in slow cookers
here.

Carol

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