Janet > wrote:
: 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 get them, either dry or in cans. I have not bought them recently, but
when I last did they were for cans, between 1 and 2 dollars. I get them at
Fairway , which susan and I have iscussed on this list. A great NYC area
group of stores with great produce a t good prices and lots of organic and
specialty foods, also a good prices, not necessarily the cheapest, but
good. Trader Joes moved into our neighborhood recently and they often
have beter prices on dairy(eggs, milk, yogurt, cottage cheese) and on a
brand of vegetarian breakfast sausage meat by Gimme Lean.

Wendy