Beans: storing unused canned beans
 

Individual Amino Acis info: http://www.getbig.com/articles/protein.htm

Cooking with Dry Beans: http://lancaster.unl.edu/food/ciq_dry_beans.htm

How do canned beans compare to dry-packaged beans?
http://lancaster.unl.edu/food/ciq_dry_beans.htm#how

"Transfer any unused beans from the can and store in a covered
container in the refrigerator; use within three days or freeze and use
within six months. If beans have been combined with other ingredients
in a recipe, use them within 2 days for best quality and safety, or
freeze for later use."


http://lancaster.unl.edu/food/ciq_dry_beans.htm#dry

Adzuki Beans are small, with a vivid red color, solid flavor and
texture. Originally from Asia, its name means "little bean" in
Japanese. Its red coloring - red being the most important color in
Eastern celebrations - means that it is greatly used in festive or
special meals.
Large Lima Beans are large and flat with a greenish-white color. The
bean has a buttery flavor and creamy texture. This bean is named after
Lima, Peru, and is extremely popular in the Americas, both in its
natural state and dried.
Pink Beans have beautiful pink color and are very popular in the
countries of the Caribbean. Pink beans are of medium size (similar to
the Great Northern and the Pinto) and have a refined texture and
delicate flavor.
Green Baby Lima Beans come from Peru and are very popular in the
Americas. The baby variety is much loved in Japan for making desserts
from bean paste known as "an." These are medium-sized flat beans with
a greenish white color, buttery flavor, and creamy texture.
Small Red Beans are particularly popular in the Caribbean region,
where they normally are eaten with rice. Dark red in color, small red
beans also are smoother in taste and texture than the dark red kidney
bean.
Dark Red Kidney Beans are large and kidney-shaped with a deep,
glossy red color. They have a solid flavor and texture. These beans
are produced mainly in the northern U.S.A. and owes popularity in
America and Europe to the bean's large size, bright color and solid
texture.
Black Beans are sweet tasting with an almost mushroom-like flavor
and soft, floury texture. These beans are medium sized, oval, with a
matt black color. They are the most popular beans in the Costa Rica
and Cuba.
Light Red Kidney Beans have a solid texture and flavor. They are
characterized by their large, kidney shape and a pink color. This bean
is popular in the Caribbean region, Portugal and Spain because of
similarity to the canela bean.
Navy Beans are small, white and oval with a refined texture and
delicate flavor. These are the beans used for the famous Boston- and
English-baked beans because their skin and fine texture do not break
up on cooking. These beans were named for their part of the U.S. Navy
diet during the second half of the 19th Century.
Cranberry Beans are known for their creamy texture with a flavor
similar to chestnuts. Cranberry beans are rounded with red specks,
which disappear on cooking. These beans are a favorite in northern
Italy and Spain. You can find them fresh in their pods in autumn. They
freeze well.
Black-eyed Beans have a scented aroma, creamy texture and
distinctive flavor. These beans are characterized by their kidney
shape, white skin with a small black eye, and very fine wrinkles.
Originally from Africa, it is one of the most widely dispersed beans
in the world. Black-eyed beans are really a type of pea, which gives
it its distinctive flavor and rapid cooking potential, with no pre-
soaking needed.
Pinto Beans are the most widely produced bean in the United States
and one of the most popular in the Americas. Pinto beans contain the
most fiber of all beans. Characteristically known for their medium-
size, oval shape, they are speckled reddish brown over a pale pink
base with solid texture and flavor.
Great Northern Beans are a North American bean, popular in France
for making cassoulet (a white bean casserole) and in the whole
Mediterranean where many beans of a similar appearance are cultivated.
These beans have a delicate flavor and thin skin. They are and are
flat, kidney-shaped, medium-sized white beans.
Garbanzo Beans or chickpeas are the most widely consumed legume in
the world. Originating in the Middle East, they have a firm texture
with a flavor somewhere between chestnuts and walnuts. Garbanzo beans
are usually pale yellow in color. In India there are red, black, and
brown chickpeas.