"blake murphy"
"cshenk" wrote:

>>like making my own but agree that in many recipes it's just sensible to
>>use
>>a can. As Sheldon says, the small amount I *may* save isnt worth the time
>>and depending on your cooking method and energy costs, may be more
>>expensive
>>in the long run to do dried!

> for me, it depends on what i'm making. bean soup gets dried, chili
> gets canned. (maybe i should try chili again with dried; i had tough
> beans once, but maybe they were just old.)

Same here except I do dried in chili too now. Could have been old beans
there. I'll add a reminder that for us, most of the reason for dried is a
small salt reduction (so we can save up that little bit for use in something
else and still fit in mandated Doc's limits for Don).

cshenk wrote:

> "blake murphy"
> "cshenk" wrote:
>
> > > like making my own but agree that in many recipes it's just
> > > sensible to use a can. As Sheldon says, the small amount I may
> > > save isnt worth the time and depending on your cooking method and
> > > energy costs, may be more expensive in the long run to do dried!
>
> > for me, it depends on what i'm making. bean soup gets dried, chili
> > gets canned. (maybe i should try chili again with dried; i had
> > tough beans once, but maybe they were just old.)
>
> Same here except I do dried in chili too now. Could have been old
> beans there. I'll add a reminder that for us, most of the reason for
> dried is a small salt reduction (so we can save up that little bit
> for use in something else and still fit in mandated Doc's limits for
> Don).

Back when misc.survivalism discussed survival and survivalism, one
poster found some dried beans about ten years old. He cooked them;
they came out fine, but took a looong time to cook.

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