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"Dan Abel" > wrote in message
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> "Ophelia" > wrote:
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>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> > On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 19:42:08 +0100, "Ophelia" >
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>> >> Are these beans left over from baked beans?
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>> > Yuck. NO! They usually begin as pinto beans.
>> > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...d+beans+recipe

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>> Ok, thanks.

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> There is some controversy about "refried" beans. Some people claim that
> "refried" is a poor translation of "refritos", which means something
> more like "well fried". In any case, cook up some beans. Usually,
> people add pork fat. Oftentimes in the US they are mashed. I don't
> know why. I stopped eating baby food 60 years ago and would rather that
> people left my food whole until such point as I can't eat it that way
> any more!


Thanks, Dan! So, what you are saying is that I can use the leftover beans I
made, and fry them up in pork fat?

That sounds logical to me.
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