On Mon, 24 Jun 2019 04:03:56 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

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>"Bruce" > wrote in message
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>> On Mon, 24 Jun 2019 00:32:47 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
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>>>"Bruce" > wrote in message
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>>>> On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 22:31:16 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>>> > wrote:
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>>>>>I know we had this discussion before. When I was a kid and young adult,
>>>>>food
>>>>>did not have an expiration date so there was no way to tell how old
>>>>>those
>>>>>dried beans were. I can remember cooking beans for 2-3 hours or more!
>>>>>
>>>>>But now? The cooking time keeps getting less and less. The last time I
>>>>>cooked black or kidney beans, I cooked checked them earlier than the
>>>>>suggested cook time on the package and they were overcooked.
>>>>>
>>>>>I just cooked small red beans. After an hour soak, they were done in 40
>>>>>minutes. I could smell that they were done so ran to check them. Maybe
>>>>>my
>>>>>beans are just super fresh!
>>>>
>>>> I guess smaller types cook faster? I'm going to try adzuki beans soon.
>>>
>>>Those are hard to find here. I finally found some canned. They were super
>>>expensive compared to other beans and they tasted just like some other
>>>bean.
>>>Black? Can't remember.
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>> I can get dried adzuki beans for roughly $3.50 a pound (converted to
>> USD). Or $5 for organic. Australia being expensive and the US being
>> cheap, they could cost half that for you. If you can find them of
>> course.
>>
>> That's 30% more than black beans cost.
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>I have not looked everywhere but after trying the canned ones, forget it. I
>usually buy bulk beans. I think pinto beans are the least expensive at 65
>cents per pound with Mayacoba being the most expensive. Can't remember the
>exact price. Black are around 83 cents per pound.
>
>I have bought much more expensive, fancy looking beans at Whole Foods but
>they didn't taste any better than what I already buy.

I think black beans are hard to beat, but after having them most
breakfasts for a month, I'm curious about trying a few others. Did you
ever have mung beans? Are they the beans that becomes bean sprouts?