On Wed, 2 Sep 2015 09:00:32 -0700, gtr > wrote:

> On 2015-09-02 06:56:34 +0000, sf said:
>
> > Are you saying they're hard?
>
> Yes.
>
> > I don't have any problem cooking beans, but I figure they need a good
> > two hours before they're anywhere near ready.
>
> After 3 minutes boiling, I soaked them for over 3 hours. Then I cooked
> them for a little them for about 2.5 hours.
>

You didn't need to soak them that long. When I do the quick soak
method, I boil them for 10 minutes in salted water, soak for an hour.
Start over with fresh water, BTB, lower the heat and it's (usually)
another 2 hours of simmering to get them to the tender stage.
Sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less.

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Elitist Snob