On Sun, 17 Jul 2011 16:15:01 -0700 (PDT), phaeton
> wrote:

>Some years ago, I was on some episode where I was eating rice weekly.
>Sometimes daily for days on end. I was always buying rice and always
>running out, so I finally started buying it in 25-lb bags from the
>Asian market. It worked out pretty good.
>
>After a few years that started to wane a little, but now I'm starting
>to get onto a bean episode. Beans are one of my favorite things to
>eat. I've never seen them in bags larger than 5 pounds, but I presume
>that they are available in 25-lb bags or similar. I like all kinds of
>beans, but pinto is the type I choose most often.
>
>Anyone ever purchased beans by the magnitude? Where does one find
>them- Whole Foods? Hispanic Markets? Is there an International Legume
>and Pulse Emporium chain of stores I've missed? Any cost savings (even
>though they're dirt cheap already)? Any major caveats- i.e.
>infestations, contamination, rot etc that they would be prone to while
>handled in this sort of packaging?
>
>In other words, is it worth it?
>
>Thanks!

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