22 minutes ago, gulfporter said:Can you keep dry beans too long? Am I wasting my time??
It depends on how much time you have. The dry white beans that I get here in Costa Rica are not a big so there isn't a big turnover. I've started making them in my oven. I put them in a glass casserole dish and I use a three to one ratio. Three cups of boiling water to 1 cup of dry beans. I put in about 3/4 of a teaspoon of salt and a quarter teaspoon of chopped celery. Put the whole thing in the oven at 250° to 300° and they cook anywhere from 2 hours to 3 hours. You just have to be patient. You might be able to put your beans in the oven at 300° and just keep checking them at half hour intervals. When they seem like they are close to being done go to 15 minutes. Just make sure that they have enough liquid to cover them well. You don't want too much liquid because that retards the cooking of the beans.
