"Bruce" > wrote in message
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> 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.
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>>I have bought much more expensive, fancy looking beans at Whole Foods but
>>they didn't taste any better than what I already buy.
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> 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?

You can sprout them. I think that's the only way I've had them. I do like
some sprouts but those are a tad boring for me.