[pct-l] Beans!

[Ate Tuna]

This may be a dumb question because of the "re" in "rehydrate", but did you
cook and dehydrate them before trying to rehydrate them?

On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Sam Griffin <samgriffin4 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Someone recently posted something about rehydrating beans with cold water.
> I've done this before at home, but it took a loooong time (12+ hours) for
> the beans to get all good and softlike. That said, is something done to the
> beans beforehand, or do you just toss them in a ziplock in your food bag
> and
> wait until camp/dinner spot, giving them only 6-8 hours to hydrate. Not a
> huge deal, but I feel like beans prepared in this manner would be a good
> addition to my menu. Or maybe I'm planning to eat mass amounts of
> black-eyed
> peas. All the time. Haven't really decided.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> --Sam Griffin
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