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Jim&Jaime
Link to your pinterest page, please? (I think I am following you/some of your boards already, but pinterest search is horrible!) I want to see the beans tutorial, I need a few more tips 
Thanks!
Thanks!
Re: Jim&Jaime
http://pinterest.com/jaimetherese/
Seriously, now that we'll have more space (a basement) I am thinking of all the things I can stockpile, within reason. This bean tutorial http://pinterest.com/jaimetherese/savory/ is exactly the type of thing I'd love to start doing. I go through about 2 to 3 cans of blackbeans a week, so it would be great to do them myself.
Wow, that's a method I've never heard of! Can't say I've ever canned anything. I don't know why but I'm scared of it! (I'm sure once I did it once I'd be fine though.)
I use chickpeas and black beans the most so I would love to master how to cook them from dry. I do great with chickpeas, actually - they take exactly 7 hours on high in my slow cooker, or 2 1/4 hours in the oven, in a covered dutch oven at 325. I haven't yet figured out the right time/temp for black beans, they seem to cook faster and fall apart much more easily. I portion them into freezer bags for storage.