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Default Tough Garbanzo Beans

critters & me in azusa, ca wrote:
> 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?
>>
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>> Janet Wilder
>> Way-the-heck-south Texas
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>
> 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.)


Best of luck with the new guy.

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Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
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