Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Hank Rogers" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> On 6/6/2019 3:19 PM, wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Last week I bought a bag 'Frontier Soups' 11 bean soup mix and
>>>> it's simmering
>>>> away on the stove as I write. The bag came with a recipe which
>>>> I've followed
>>>> and even though not completely done, it's shaping up to be quite
>>>> good.
>>>>
>>>> Their recipe called for a ham hock, 29 ounce can of Italian plum
>>>> tomatoes, cut
>>>> up; diced onions, celery, bell pepper, garlic, and 12 cups of
>>>> water. All I had was the large can of petite diced tomatoes so
>>>> in it went after simmering for
>>>> three hours. At that time I fished out the two sliced ham hocks,
>>>> and added the other requirements along with two 8-ounce packages
>>>> of diced ham and one 8-ounce package of cubed ham. I thought I
>>>> had grabbed two packages of cubed ham but no
>>>> matter; the ham hock went back in too, after picking off the fat
>>>> and discarding
>>>> the bones.
>>>>
>>>> The recipe on the package called for smoked Kielbasa and chicken
>>>> breast
>>>> pieces but I decided to stick with all ham. Package proclaims it
>>>> to be gluten
>>>> free for those interested.
>>>>
>>>> www.frontiersoups.com
>>>>
>>>
>>> Sounds good. I've used similar mixes like that with good results.
>>> Sure, you can make good soups, but you'd not put together 11
>>> different beans for one so these mixes are handy for that.
>>
>> I've used lots of those mixed bean packages, and always had good
>> results, though, like Joan, I usually deviated from the package
>> recipe.
>>
>> The only trouble I ever had was occasionally the garbanzo beans
>> were still a little hard after all the others were done. But only
>> once in a while ... probably just a bad batch.
>>
>> They cost a little more, but are worth it unless you eat tons of
>> beans like Julie, or don't mind storing a dozen partly used bean
>> packages.
>
> I don't think I have 11 different kinds of dried beans. Maybe 7. I
> was thinking of making bean with bacon soup.

Bean with bacon can be very good with only one type of bean.

You don't really need 11 types of beans.