Beans. Low cost wonder food.

[Durgan]

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?SHZBI 24 January 2013 Beans
Method of cooking dried beans. A litre of dried beans are prepared in the following manner. Washed, boiled for about 25 minutes,rinsed,made into a slurry, some black-strap molasses added, gently boiled to remove all air, properly pressure canned for long term storage at room temperature.Picture depict the process.

 

[digitS']

A little olive oil in those beans too, Durgan?

Lentils, lima, beans/beans/beans . . !

I won't ask you about the molasses and olive trees but do you grow the other legumes?

Steve

 

[Durgan]

A little olive oil in those beans too, Durgan?

Lentils, lima, beans/beans/beans . . !

I won't ask you about the molasses and olive trees but do you grow the other legumes?

Steve

Actually the legumes that I grow are canned fresh. A few dried bean or legumes go a long way. A litre cooked is about three good meals.

 

[Ridgerunner]

I do mine a little differently. Put 3/4 cup of dried beans in a pint jar, fill with water, and let stand overnight. The next morning, drain and rinse them really well. Rinse the pint jar well too. There will be some sediment in it. Put them back in the pint jar and fill with fresh hot water to 1" head space. Then process the pints in a pressure canner for 75 minutes.

Mine are not really fresh when I do this. I dry them pretty well on a screen then store them in the freezer to make sure I don't have any weevils in them. I process them when the weather is bad and I can't work outside. Different ways for different folks for different reasons.

This way I don't have to precook them and can measure out exactly 18 pints, which is the capacity of my pressure canner. When I open the pints to use them, they are totally precooked but set up fairly hard. I have to use a spoon to get them out and then they need to be rinsed pretty well. But you have a pint of cooked beans to add to about anything. Really convenient.

 

[Durgan]

Two authors and some health busy body is not warning about dying from food poisoning. What gives? That aside.

Few people preserve food. Fewer people eat the conglomerations they prepare. How many basements have shelves loaded with "preserved food"? that is never eaten? Most preserved food do not fit in with pizza and KFC.

I eat everything that I preserve. In other words practice what I preach.

 

[seedcorn]

Ok, I don't get it. If the beans are already dried for storage, why store them a different way? Why not just fix what you want when you want it? I am a little slow......

 

[Ridgerunner]

Ok, I don't get it. If the beans are already dried for storage, why store them a different way? Why not just fix what you want when you want it? I am a little slow......

To me, it is the convenience of having them already cooked. No other real reason.

 

[Durgan]

Ok, I don't get it. If the beans are already dried for storage, why store them a different way? Why not just fix what you want when you want it? I am a little slow......

To me, it is the convenience of having them already cooked. No other real reason.

Exactly. Also I might want to take a container of produce camping for a week or two. Throw some goodies in my ice box and drive down the road. My one litre of dried processed beans is sufficient food for about 18 meals with some juice and some pilot bread. Sometimes I store the beans in the refrigerator or freezer if they are to be used in the near future.

 

[seedcorn]

Ok, I don't get it. If the beans are already dried for storage, why store them a different way? Why not just fix what you want when you want it? I am a little slow......

To me, it is the convenience of having them already cooked. No other real reason.

Exactly. Also I might want to take a container of produce camping for a week or two. Throw some goodies in my ice box and drive down the road. My one litre of dried processed beans is sufficient food for about 18 meals with some juice and some pilot bread. Sometimes I store the beans in the refrigerator or freezer if they are to be used in the near future.

Call me a pig but a quart of beans will only last me 2 meals--no way 18. If I'm in mood, I'll down a quart of tomato juice for breakfast. I can see the convience but beans for us are a slow cooked meal utilizing left over products. Thanks for answering the slow.

 

[Smiles Jr.]

Durgan - I went through all of your pics and descriptions in the link you provided in post #1 of this thread. Do you always make your beans like that? I have never heard of mixing so many beans together and then making them into a mush. How do you use the mush? I might want to try it someday.