On Jul 15, 6:45*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?
>
> --
> Janet Wilder
> Way-the-heck-south Texas
> Spelling doesn't count. *Cooking does.

I've seen them fresh at one of the local hispanic chains.

harriet & a new critter (I picked him up today...new name harley (he
had surgery on tuesday) supposed to be a pembroke corgi, but the coat
is entirely lab yellow & the face & body is slim corgi, but a little
longer. age between 8 - 12 years old.)