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Thread Number: 73713
/ Tag: Recipes, Cooking Accessories
Pinto Beans? |
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| Post# 973598 , Reply# 1 12/14/2017 at 08:15 (2,324 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
 Pinto beans have been my most commonly used bean when I cook a dry bean. I have no idea why... Part of it is availability in my grocery store's bulk bin. Those beans historically seemed very clean and seemed to cook fast--although recently cooking time seems to have gotten slower. I usually use beans in something else, not as a standalone dish. I don't object to beans on their own, and maybe I should have them that way more--I think perhaps it's an issue that I've gotten used to the idea that beans are one ingredient. And canned beans may well be best treated that way.
I just cook in a normal pot. Typically a fast soak (boil short period/soak 1 hour/cook in new water). I'd like to try a pressure cooker one day...but it's beyond my current White Trash budget... | ||
| Post# 973599 , Reply# 2 12/14/2017 at 08:17 (2,324 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
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I remembered seeing Kevin313 post a video on cooking pinto beans:
www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/T...
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| Post# 973666 , Reply# 7 12/14/2017 at 15:52 (2,324 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
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I have a half-dozen pc's, and some I never use since I got an Instant Pot. Unless you cook on glass top induction, I'd be happy to give you one to explore the joys of pc cooking
Unfortuantely, I'm working with a setup WORSE than glass top anything... My "stove" is a tiny 800 watt hot plate... No, I'm not joking. At least it's better than no burner...which was the situation I was in for a period last year... (I had enough gadgets, though, so I could do kitchen basics.) I figure I'll probably put off any PC experiments to the day when I have a working stove at my disposal.
Thanks for the offer, though!
Just keep in mind that while pc's will cook your dried beans quickly, they won't have that same 'soupy' gravy that so many of us like. It's why I usually do mine either stove top simmer, or in a slow cooker.
I hadn't known this, but I have heard criticism of using a pressure cooker. I remember Julia Child seemed to be of the opinion that fast cooking wasn't ideal with many things IIRC, and IIRC some recipes would specify with a PC that it only be done part of the time under pressure. Her influence may be one reason I've not really seriously considered a PC until recently (thanks to AW.org). (At the same time, though, I recognize that even if there are compromises--and I'm sure that point might be debatable in some circles--the speed advantage of a PC might make it a winner sometimes.)
As for slow cookers, I have at least 3 that I can think of, ranging in size from really small (tiniest Crock Pot--maybe 1.5 quart?) to maybe 6 quart West Bend. I should really seriously consider using them... But I'm so used to regular pans, and one thing that I dislike about slow cookers is that they do need planning and foresight. | ||
| Post# 973667 , Reply# 8 12/14/2017 at 15:54 (2,324 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
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the older that dried beans get, the longer they take to cook. It really does pay attention to notice the expiry date on them.
I do pay attention to dates if the beans are bagged. The ones I've used the most in recent history are bulk bin buys, so who knows what the date might be? For all I know, they might be filling those bins from regular prepacked bags of beans that expired last week... | ||
| Post# 973698 , Reply# 10 12/14/2017 at 20:32 (2,323 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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re 5 or 6 minutes! I use a pc for nearly all vegetables...green beans 5 minutes!! carrots about 7 potatoes 8 to 10!! | ||
Post# 973710 , Reply# 11 12/14/2017 at 23:06 (2,323 days old) by bendix5  (Central Point, Oregon) |
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We all love pinto and navy beans here. My son and his family come over for bean and cornbread dinner. I made some today. I had left over pot roast and the juice from cooking it in the crock pot. Defatted the juice and strained it. Chopped the meat, celery, onion. Added garlic, cumin, S & P and a dash of chili powder. I put everything in the pot and simmered it on the stove most of the day. Super meal for a cold day. I had some frozen yeast rolls so set that up to rise and that was dinner tonight. We also love navy beans so after Christmas we will have navy bean soup. I cook down the ham bone for that. I have cooked them many times with my Model 40 Presto. I recently put new seals in it and its ready to go for another few years. I think my mom got it for a wedding gift in 1947. I have been thinking of a new electric one. I have also been thinking of a instant pot. My mom cooked beans quite a lot when we were growing up. I don't care for lima beans or black eyed peas. You all have a Merry Christmas. Dano
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| Post# 973734 , Reply# 13 12/15/2017 at 06:08 (2,323 days old) by johnrk (BP TX) | ||
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norgeway- What pc (or pc's) do you use? | ||
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Post# 973744 , Reply# 15 12/15/2017 at 07:07 (2,323 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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| Post# 973762 , Reply# 17 12/15/2017 at 08:51 (2,323 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
Dan...
I have my Grandmother's Model 40. Does yours look like this ?
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| Post# 973869 , Reply# 18 12/15/2017 at 19:18 (2,322 days old) by Norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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Pressure cookers I have probably 25 or so but I use a stainless steel 1958 sears maid of honor by. Presto or a stamped aluminum model 700 presto from 1957 I have a small Kuhn Rikon that is nice but I tend to use the vintage ones as with anything I have a aversion to anything new | ||
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Post# 973876 , Reply# 19 12/15/2017 at 20:16 (2,322 days old) by bendix5 (Central Point, Oregon) |
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Eddie it looks the same. I did get a new regulator several years ago. I still have the old one but it pops up on its own letting off stream. They are great for cooking and I wish more people would learn how to use them as you can make a meal pretty fast. Another my mom made in ours was ham, potatos and green beans. I have never been able to figure out what she put in to make the gravy. Good how ever it is cooked though. No lid is beef tips and noodles. Noodles boiled separate. My sister love this. Our mom used to make homemade noodles for this. Thanks, Dano
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