Pressure cooker, ok, gotcha!

Thanks again for the advice

On Sat, 20 May 2006 00:21:13 -0600, "D.Currie"
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>"Glenn" > wrote in message
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>> Thanks to all the replied...
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>> Sorry for not getting back until now. I have a relatively new PC and
>> the Outlook program, in the middle of this thread, decided that I
>> needed to register it for me to continue using it! Ugh!
>>
>> Anyway, have a new newsreader now and just wanted to update.
>>
>> I ended up feeding some of the beans to our dogs and composting the
>> rest. As one person stated that our elavation combined with the age of
>> the beans could conspire to make the beans bad. After several (at
>> least 4, possibly 6, can't recall) hours of cooking, the pinto beans
>> were still crunchy
>>
>> Thanks again for replies
>>
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>Dried beans are one of the main reasons I bought a pressure cooker. I'm at a
>higher elevation than you are, so it's even longer cooking here, and there's
>a limit to how long I want to have a pot on the stove. And with the dry air
>and elevation out to get me, I have to worry about the pot boiling dry, too.
>With the pressure cooker, I can actually serve the beans the same day I
>start cooking them. :-)
>
>Donna
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