"Janet" > wrote in message
...
>I just heard about the existence of these--thank you Susan!--and found the
>Eden organic brand at the supermarket, so I picked up a couple of cans. I
>was astonished to find that they cost over $3 a can. I decided to bite the
>bullet and get them despite this, just to see how they worked out for me,
>but...
>
> Is this the usual store-shelf price, for those that use them? Is it
> cheaper to buy cases from the Eden web site? (I assumed that the shipping
> cost would be huge because of the weight, but maybe not...) Is there
> anywhere that one can find them dried and cook them oneself, like regular
> black beans?

I haven't bought them for many years but that was about what I paid for
them.