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I bought fresh pinto beans in shell at local farmers market this
week...googled for recipes and see that they need to be shelled, put in water, and boiled for 15 minutes. Then drain water, return beans to a pan and cook with seasonings (and ripe tomatoes per one receipe I looked at) and about 1 cup water per one lb of beans (that's 1 lb when you started); cover and cook until beans are tender, about an hour. However a recipe for refried beans only had initial 15 min boiling, then short saute with oil, onion, and seasonings, then pureed with potato masher. |
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![]() "GJB" <nomail@network> wrote in message lkaboutcooking.com... > I bought fresh pinto beans in shell at local farmers market this > week...googled for recipes and see that they need to be shelled, put in > water, and boiled for 15 minutes. Then drain water, return beans to a pan > and cook with seasonings (and ripe tomatoes per one receipe I looked at) > and about 1 cup water per one lb of beans (that's 1 lb when you started); > cover and cook until beans are tender, about an hour. > However a recipe for refried beans only had initial 15 min boiling, then > short saute with oil, onion, and seasonings, then pureed with potato > masher. I'm responding to your note with full expectations of being flamed because in my experience with Mexican food, we never, never use fresh beans in anything. I'm guessing that since beans are legums that can be stored for long periods of time, as with corn, that the ancient natives that invented agriculture, chose to keep beans for when fresh produce was not available. Kind of like grandma bottling peaches for times when fresh fruit is not available. So every recipe that I have calls for ... dried beans. I'm not being critical, believe me, and am curious as to what a fresh pinto bean might taste like. In my 70 years on this planet I have not had the pleasure. Peas, yes, lima beans, yes... Thank you for making me think! Wayne > |
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![]() In , Wayne Lundberg > said: > "GJB" <nomail@network> wrote in message > lkaboutcooking.com... >> I bought fresh pinto beans in shell at local farmers market this >> week...googled for recipes and see that they need to be shelled, put >> in water, and boiled for 15 minutes. Then drain water, return beans >> to a pan and cook with seasonings (and ripe tomatoes per one receipe >> I looked at) and about 1 cup water per one lb of beans (that's 1 lb >> when you started); cover and cook until beans are tender, about an >> hour. >> However a recipe for refried beans only had initial 15 min boiling, >> then short saute with oil, onion, and seasonings, then pureed with >> potato masher. > > I'm responding to your note with full expectations of being flamed > because in my experience with Mexican food, we never, never use fresh > beans in anything. I'm guessing that since beans are legums that can > be stored for long periods of time, as with corn, that the ancient > natives that invented agriculture, chose to keep beans for when fresh > produce was not available. Kind of like grandma bottling peaches for > times when fresh fruit is not available. So every recipe that I have > calls for ... dried beans. > > I'm not being critical, believe me, and am curious as to what a fresh > pinto bean might taste like. In my 70 years on this planet I have not > had the pleasure. Peas, yes, lima beans, yes... > > Thank you for making me think! > > Wayne Go with the first recipe. 15 minutes, and drain. (otherwize they will taste "green") and cook for another hour with seasonings. We eat 'em like that here, but Wayne is right, The whole idea behind the bean is that it keeps forever. You won't find many green beans, or what we call shelled beans with snaps in most subsistance diets. They are dried for storage, and other greens and squash are eaten in season. |
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Y'know I don't ever recall eating them fresh either and we grew up
growing them and eating them all the time. Wonder what fresh ones do taste like. I will say though about your cooking plans, if they are dried you'd best not cook them with tomatoes or they will never get soft enought to eat. Something about the tomatoes makes them tough tough. At least thats been my experience. Wayne Lundberg wrote: >"GJB" <nomail@network> wrote in message alkaboutcooking.com... > > >>I bought fresh pinto beans in shell at local farmers market this >>week...googled for recipes and see that they need to be shelled, put in >>water, and boiled for 15 minutes. Then drain water, return beans to a pan >>and cook with seasonings (and ripe tomatoes per one receipe I looked at) >>and about 1 cup water per one lb of beans (that's 1 lb when you started); >>cover and cook until beans are tender, about an hour. >>However a recipe for refried beans only had initial 15 min boiling, then >>short saute with oil, onion, and seasonings, then pureed with potato >>masher. >> >> > >I'm responding to your note with full expectations of being flamed because >in my experience with Mexican food, we never, never use fresh beans in >anything. I'm guessing that since beans are legums that can be stored for >long periods of time, as with corn, that the ancient natives that invented >agriculture, chose to keep beans for when fresh produce was not available. >Kind of like grandma bottling peaches for times when fresh fruit is not >available. So every recipe that I have calls for ... dried beans. > >I'm not being critical, believe me, and am curious as to what a fresh pinto >bean might taste like. In my 70 years on this planet I have not had the >pleasure. Peas, yes, lima beans, yes... > >Thank you for making me think! > >Wayne > > > > > > > |
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