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Post by wildhorseluvr on Sept 7, 2020 19:44:42 GMT
The downside to the Mayocobas is the price. I enjoyed trying them and liked their creaminess, but also like navy or great northern beans and they're cheaper.
Don't know if this is an old wives' tale or not but it's said that pintos turn hard in storage quicker than other beans. I've never tested this but since I don't go through beans that fast, I don't buy large quantities of pintos. One of these days I need to put a few types away in storage for a few years and see if that's actually true. Not that it would matter if you go them quickly.
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Post by wildhorseluvr on Sept 7, 2020 19:47:43 GMT
willowgirl, thanks for sharing your bean recipe. Sounds good (except I don't do olives often).
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Post by Txsteader on Sept 8, 2020 10:43:55 GMT
Out of curiosity, I picked up a pkg of mayocoba beans years ago at a local farmer's market. We weren't impressed w/ them (for the price) and I think the rest of the pkg ended up sitting in the pantry until I finally threw them out. Cooked them like I do pinto beans.
They are described as a mild bean that soaks up all the flavors of the pot, so they'd probably be best as a soup bean rather than alone, the way I served them.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2020 0:05:54 GMT
Last year for the first time I tried black beans. I like them! They add a different taste to chili and they are pretty good mixed with rice and chicken. Of course I’m southern girl and I love black eyed peas too. Beans are a wonderful addition to diets and I keep a good supply of them on hand. My friend and I have each other over and serve pinto beans and cornbread. Her husband doesn’t like them and mine didn’t either, so it was a real treat for us. It’s so bad that we will actually take a picture of the beans in the crockpot to entice the other one for a visit. LOL. I’ll be cooking a pot of beans on the wood stove a lot more this winter!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2020 15:18:02 GMT
We tried myacoba beans a few years ago. I planted some of them, but the bed was overrun by deer.
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Post by sugarspinner on Oct 14, 2020 19:34:41 GMT
A bit off subject here but I've been following this thread ever since it started and just keep coming up with the information that before a group of us went to Brazil a few ( like 35) years ago, we were told that all the Portuguese we really needed to know was to be able to say "Pass the beans and rice". We did, for a fact, encounter huge amounts of beans and rice, always served in separate dishes and always black beans. I developed quite a fondness for that combo but my husband continues to really like rice and to detest beans in any form and of any color.
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Post by Ozarks Tom on Oct 14, 2020 23:08:59 GMT
sugarspinner, I've been to Brazil a few times, and can attest to your accuracy. Millions of people are getting plenty of nutrition on nothing but black beans and rice, with a little black bread on the side. The key is to have several different spice sauces on hand to keep the meals from become too boring.
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Post by wildhorseluvr on Oct 14, 2020 23:14:37 GMT
I do like bean and rice dishes if not served too frequently. I tend to suffer from food fatigue fairly quickly, though that's with other food choices available. It's likely I'd get over it sooner rather than later were it a SHTF situation. 😁
One of my friends ran an orphanage in Uganda. Everyone at the orphanage ate beans and rice 3 times a day, plus salt which was somewhat of a luxury. No veggies or flavorings in it. For those kids lucky enough to have sponsors so they could attend school, there was no salt with their noon meal as it was not provided at the school. My friend tried sending salt with the kids but had to stop because the school teacher would steal it from the kids and sell it. 😠
Those kids had a steady diet of nothing but beans and rice every day, and were thankful for every bite. Think about that a minute. We are so blessed in this country.
*Just read Tom's post, and remembered that in the mornings she bought some sort of bread or biscuit from a vendor down the road.
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Post by BrewDaddy on Oct 15, 2020 0:49:06 GMT
In our mail room we have a couple of tables for Take Something / Leave Something where folks can drop off usable stuff. I've scored some pretty decent stuff there and left some goodies as well.
Today I noticed someone had left a bag of black beans, and 2 one pound packages of lentils... I snagged the black beans and have some soaking for going into the crock pot tomorrow...
I left the lentils... not a super huge fan and doubt I'll ever get through the many many pounds I already have on hand...
Then again, if they are still there in a couple days, maybe so - just in case...
bd
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Post by wildhorseluvr on Oct 15, 2020 3:51:49 GMT
In our mail room we have a couple of tables for Take Something / Leave Something where folks can drop off usable stuff. I've scored some pretty decent stuff there and left some goodies as well. Today I noticed someone had left a bag of black beans, and 2 one pound packages of lentils... I snagged the black beans and have some soaking for going into the crock pot tomorrow... I left the lentils... not a super huge fan and doubt I'll ever get through the many many pounds I already have on hand... Then again, if they are still there in a couple days, maybe so - just in case... bd I have maybe 2# of lentils "in storage"...meaning I'm not eating them any time soon. Not a fan either. Like beets, to me they taste too much like dirt. Depending on how you fix them they're edible, but not something I ever look forward to so why bother. Are you back to going in to work again?
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Post by BrewDaddy on Oct 15, 2020 4:20:51 GMT
No, we have a mail room here at the park...
And a laundry room, a 'gym' of sorts, showers etc.
bd
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