On Thu, 14 Sep 2017 20:47:10 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 9/14/2017 6:01 PM, cshenk wrote:
>> wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>>> On Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at 7:45:39 PM UTC-5, cshenk wrote:
>>>> wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at 6:39:16 PM UTC-5, notbob
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2017-09-13, l not -l > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes, all that I have ever bought have been smaller than all
>>>>>>> other white beans I have encountered.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, I hope they cook in half the time. Takes me 5-6 hrs to
>>>>>> thoroughly cook Great Northern's, here at 8K ft elev. I've got
>>>>>> ham, onions, and chkn broth to help 'em along.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> nb
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> I hope that bag you bought said 'tender cook.' If not those
>>>>> things will probably be hard as a rock. And yes, they look
>>>>> like small Great Northern beans.
>>>>
>>>> He's talking dried, not frozen.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I'm talking about dried navy beans. I've never seen any frozen
>>> but then again I haven't looked for them in the freezer case.
>>
>> 'Tender Cooked' would be a frozen or canned item I am sure.
>>
>Beats me, I've never seen beans labeled "tender cooked". All I know is
>dried beans need to be soaked first. Quick soak or overnight, per
>package directions. And if (as some of us suspect) nb used the pressure
>cooker, it wouldn't have taken 5-6 hours to cook soaked beans. I
>suspect he cooked them to death.
>
>Jill

There are several methods for cooking dried beans, depending on the
recipe. Soaking can be in cold water (long soak) or in hot water
(short soak). When I add dried beans to soups I don't soak, I add
them to simmer say with a meaty ham bone or some beef marrow bones.
Then once I have a stock and the beans are close to done I add other
ingredients... I can spend the better part of a day cooking soups,
adding and tasting as I go. If I want quick/instant soup I'd open
cans... in fact I no longer use dried beans, I used up the last of my
dried bean stash about two years ago... now it's only canned beans...
the only dried I have are peas and barley.