"George Shirley" > wrote in message
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> On 4/30/2011 1:42 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>> Are these beans left over from baked beans?
>
> Nope, they can be but are normally cooked just for making refritos, ie.
> refried beans. In Texas we usually do them with pinto beans but I've seen
> black beans, and many other varieties used.
>
> Soak them and cook them in the normal way until tender, then drain, mash
> up good, add garlic and onion and whatever spices you like, mix together,
> and fry. At least that's the way we made them. Probably more ways to make
> refried beans then there are people reading this post.

Thanks, George! I will probably stick with what I know atm because we
really like them. It was just curiosity about other ways to cook them.
Thanks again for all your help. You will see that I cooked them in a
similar way to that which you described

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