What kind of beans?

[KeptByTheWord]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

Okay, I will add a line and someone else can add a line....

Beans, Beans good for your heart
The music you make is not Mozart

Beans beans be still my nose
The more I eat, the more I goes.

(sorry... I don't think I'm a poet PO!)

Well, because I'm sadly lacking at prose, I looked online... and here are some other beans, beans lyrics...

http://odps.org/glossword/?a=term&d=3&t=47 ... read at your own discretion... I know I wouldn't want my kids singing some of these lyrics

[Roagiesgal]

OK...

Beans Beans musical fruit
The more you eat the more you toot
The more you toot the better you feel....
So lets have beans for every meal!

My Sister and I were at the grocery store one day a long time ago, and I was walking along singing that song, and when I turned around she was gone and I was all alone and feeling really silly...

[Titus2woman]

OK at the risk of a cascade of fart jokes... and songs...

We have stored

100 pounds Pinto beans
100 pounds Butter beans
100 pounds Navy beans
100 pounds Black beans
100 pounds Kidney beans
100 pounds Lentils
100 pounds Split peas

We rotate them, always eating the oldest and replacing with fresh.

Recipes... Well throw any of the above in a pot with a good hunk of smoked ham and an onion. Boil then simmer until tender, salt and put on a bowl to eat. Yummy and even better reheated the next day. But here is a little more fancy.

2 cups dried black beans, cooked in salted water until tender, cooled (about2 cups)
4 cups chopped garden tomatoes
1 cup small diced red onions
1 large fresh jalapeno, seed and cut into small dice
1/2 cup loosely packed chopped fresh cilantro leaves
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley leaves
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
6 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
Crispy corn tortilla chips

Directions

Combine the first seven ingredients in a mixing bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Add the lime juice and olive oil. Mix well. Spoon into a serving bowl and serve with the chips.

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by Titus2woman

2 cups dried black beans, cooked in salted water until tender, cooled (about2 cups)
4 cups chopped garden tomatoes
1 cup small diced red onions
1 large fresh jalapeno, seed and cut into small dice
1/2 cup loosely packed chopped fresh cilantro leaves
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley leaves
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
6 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
4 Cups of Tequila
Crispy corn tortilla chips

Directions

Combine the first seven ingredients in a mixing bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Add the lime juice and olive oil. Mix well. Spoon into a serving bowl and serve with the chips. Drink the tequila.

Sounds good!

[ILG]

Originally Posted by Titus2woman

OK at the risk of a cascade of fart jokes... and songs...

We have stored

100 pounds Pinto beans
100 pounds Butter beans
100 pounds Navy beans
100 pounds Black beans
100 pounds Kidney beans
100 pounds Lentils
100 pounds Split peas

We rotate them, always eating the oldest and replacing with fresh.

Recipes... Well throw any of the above in a pot with a good hunk of smoked ham and an onion. Boil then simmer until tender, salt and put on a bowl to eat. Yummy and even better reheated the next day. But here is a little more fancy.

2 cups dried black beans, cooked in salted water until tender, cooled (about2 cups)
4 cups chopped garden tomatoes
1 cup small diced red onions
1 large fresh jalapeno, seed and cut into small dice
1/2 cup loosely packed chopped fresh cilantro leaves
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley leaves
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
6 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
Crispy corn tortilla chips

Directions

Combine the first seven ingredients in a mixing bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Add the lime juice and olive oil. Mix well. Spoon into a serving bowl and serve with the chips.

That's a lot of beans, girl!

[Roagiesgal]

Originally Posted by Titus2woman

OK at the risk of a cascade of fart jokes... and songs...

We have stored

100 pounds Pinto beans
100 pounds Butter beans
100 pounds Navy beans
100 pounds Black beans
100 pounds Kidney beans
100 pounds Lentils
100 pounds Split peas

We rotate them, always eating the oldest and replacing with fresh.

Recipes... Well throw any of the above in a pot with a good hunk of smoked ham and an onion. Boil then simmer until tender, salt and put on a bowl to eat. Yummy and even better reheated the next day. But here is a little more fancy.

2 cups dried black beans, cooked in salted water until tender, cooled (about2 cups)
4 cups chopped garden tomatoes
1 cup small diced red onions
1 large fresh jalapeno, seed and cut into small dice
1/2 cup loosely packed chopped fresh cilantro leaves
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley leaves
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
6 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
Crispy corn tortilla chips

Directions

Combine the first seven ingredients in a mixing bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Add the lime juice and olive oil. Mix well. Spoon into a serving bowl and serve with the chips.

Wow that is awesome...I need to add to my bean collection! Beans are a great food, and with rice they are a perfect protein.

[MawMaw]

Originally Posted by Titus2woman

OK at the risk of a cascade of fart jokes... and songs...

We have stored

100 pounds Pinto beans
100 pounds Butter beans
100 pounds Navy beans
100 pounds Black beans
100 pounds Kidney beans
100 pounds Lentils
100 pounds Split peas

How are you storing your beans?

[navygoat1998]

Originally Posted by Titus2woman

OK at the risk of a cascade of fart jokes... and songs...

We have stored

100 pounds Pinto beans
100 pounds Butter beans
100 pounds Navy beans
100 pounds Black beans
100 pounds Kidney beans
100 pounds Lentils
100 pounds Split peas

We rotate them, always eating the oldest and replacing with fresh.

Recipes... Well throw any of the above in a pot with a good hunk of smoked ham and an onion. Boil then simmer until tender, salt and put on a bowl to eat. Yummy and even better reheated the next day. But here is a little more fancy.

2 cups dried black beans, cooked in salted water until tender, cooled (about2 cups)
4 cups chopped garden tomatoes
1 cup small diced red onions
1 large fresh jalapeno, seed and cut into small dice
1/2 cup loosely packed chopped fresh cilantro leaves
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley leaves
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
6 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
Crispy corn tortilla chips

Directions

Combine the first seven ingredients in a mixing bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Add the lime juice and olive oil. Mix well. Spoon into a serving bowl and serve with the chips.

[KeptByTheWord]

T2W - I've got to try your black bean recipe! Since a child, I have not been able to eat beans. I shared my story I think somewhere buried in this thread. Anyway, recently, I have been able to start eating more beans. Someone made chicken tortilla soup with black beans in them, and I really enjoyed the crunchiness of the black beans. I think it is the mushy texture of beans that I just can't stand. So I have been incorporating more black and white beans into my diet, although I still can't stand a plate of pinto beans all by themselves! I will definitely try this recipe out.

About storing beans, we have stored a lot of beans in Mylar bags, and plastic containers with locking lids. It is the best way to store beans for long-term. We have also stored lots of rice, salt, and sugar this way also. Popcorn also stores well too this way.

I can't tell you how many hundreds of pounds of beans we have stored, as we try to keep these things quiet. It is better not to publicize all you are doing, because your home will be the first one on the block people will be coming to, if you have publicly spread your storage activities. But, we have stored a lot of food items, hopefully enough for 6-9 months, perhaps a year to feed our family. No doubt we will be feeding others too, so, who knows how long this storage could last. And we do storage for canned goods also, but continue to rotate those out, as canned goods don't last as long.

Dried goods stored the way we have done them are good for about 25 years.

[Esther]

My problem is I do not have the storage space needed for serious prepping, although I do believe we should.