On Wed, 2 Sep 2015 08:59:22 -0700, gtr > wrote:

> My current approach will be to cook them for about an hour on their own
> and add them to the other ingredients at that point. It's big pain in
> the ass, but I can't predict what they'll do or when they'll do it.
> Outside, of course, just making a large pot of white beans. I can see
> how that would be a little more straight ahead.

Suggestion: precook your beans to almost done. 1.5 hours sounds like
a reasonable amount of time for them to reach that stage. Store them
in the freezer until you're ready to use them in some dish where you
want to throw everything in at the same time. Problem solved.

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Elitist Snob