On Thu, 29 Dec 2016 12:19:41 -0600, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Thu, 29 Dec 2016 13:10:08 -0500, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 29 Dec 2016 00:18:24 -0600, Sqwertz >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 28 Dec 2016 23:51:52 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 29 Dec 2016 00:12:31 -0500, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 28 Dec 2016 22:53:47 -0600, Sqwertz >
>>>>>
>>>>>>https://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Val...16-Oz/10314940
>>>>>
>>>>> I have all four pounds soaking now, first thing tomorrow morning I'll
>>>>> get on that soup. I like cooking first thing in the morning, I don't
>>>>> much care to cook later in the day.
>>>>
>>>> One pound will easily make 2+ quarts of ham and bean stew. Which is
>>>> plenty enough for 4 servings. I don't want to be eating this stuff
>>>> every day for the next 10 days. Even with 4 quarts some will probably
>>>> be in the fridge for 2 weeks before I throw the last of it out.
>>>
>>>I just started my "Great Value" beans soaking and about 1/4 of them
>>>are broken and/or have holes in them with dried bugs inside. I guess
>>>I expect that from Walmart. I'm sure every one of your Walmart beans
>>>is as pristine as a freshly wet-wiped baby's bottom.
>>
>> Mine aren't pristine, several are broken, and during soaking a lot of
>> skins came off so I tossed them into my compost bucket, but no holes
>> with bugs. They are cooking now, broth tastes very good, could have
>> used less water but it will reduce by dinner time.
>
>The skins came off of at least 1/2 of mine and about 2/3rds of that
>half are split. So that'll just turn into mush when cooked. I'm not
>going to waste any more good ingredients on a dish that is doomed. A
>pound soaked is a little more than 2 quarts so your 4 pounds will
>easily make 3 gallons of the stuff. Way too much for me.
>
>Maybe I'll make ground ham salad/spread instead. Not that sweet
>pickle stuff you get in Ohio/Pennsylvania, though. More of a deviled
>ham spread.
>
>-sw

How do I get rid of the [Quoted Text], I don't know how I got it. Thx