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"Mr. C" > wrote in message
...
> (dr owl) wrote:
>
> >The beans are not cooked well and are crunchy. Is
> >there anything we can do at this point to rescue the beans and save
> >this?
>
> I feel your pain ...and I've not yet thought of a solution (I'm a
> geezer), short of picking out the beans.
>
> Next time, stay on the safe side and use canned beans (drained).
>
Once you have added acid ingredients (tomatoes etc.) to cooking beans they
stop getting more tender. No amount of aditional cooking will soften them.

Ken.