"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 29 Dec 2016 10:42:19 -0800, "Cheri" >
> wrote:
>
>>"U.S. Janet B." > wrote in message
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>>> On Thu, 29 Dec 2016 10:59:21 -0600, Sqwertz >
>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>>Burned by Walmart again. Same Walmart beans that Shelly has, a
>>>>1-pound bag. All the beans split and the hulls are peeling off. This
>>>>will make bean mush stew. I'll be returning the empty bag to Walmart,
>>>>getting my money back, and throwing these out.
>>>>
>>>>-sw
>>>
>>> what a bummer. I am going to Walmart this a.m. to pick up
>>> prescriptions and had thought that while I was there I would pick up
>>> the lima beans. Oh, well. I'll go to Winco. That's a very
>>> inefficient trip. 6miles to the west, back and then 4 miles to the
>>> east..
>>> Janet US
>>
>>I've never, ever, had that problem with Walmart beans. They've always been
>>really nice.
>>
>>Cheri
>
> Mine are cooking up just fine, some lost their skin, they float so I
> fished them out with a slotted spoon (I probably soaked them too long
> - 12 hrs). I'm simmering them very slow so it'll be awhile before
> they've fully tender.
>
> BTW, I fount the [Quoted Text] control.

I don't really make beans, black eyed peas, etc. that often anymore, but I
used to and I've never had bad beans from Walmart and certainly not any that
have bugs inside them. Maybe I'm just lucky. Sorry I don't know what you
mean by the [Quoted Text] control.

Cheri