On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 13:55:08 -0800, Dan Abel > wrote:

>In article >,
> Omelet > wrote:
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>> I can see your point about differing cook rates tho'. I've only done it
>> a couple of times but have only ever tried the 7 bean mix. I had rather
>> good luck with it.
>>
>> Mixing lentils and/or split peas with regular beans tho' would
>> definitely be a mistake!
>
>I'm no expert here, but I had just assumed that the quicker cooking
>stuff was *intended* to cook away completely, to thicken the soup.

Can accomplish the same thing by using one kind of bean but adding
like 1/3 to start and the rest after an hour... but at least it'll
taste like one kind of bean instead of a potful of mud. I don't want
my navy bean soup thickened with split peas and lentils,and many beans
just don't go well together, like limas and kidneys. I mean I
understand eating for sustanence as a POW but in my world I don't
appreciate bean soup a la TIAD.