Converting 1 pound dried beans to ?Cups of Cooked beans?

10 months ago

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I know I look lazy. I must be stupid as well. But what I am is absolutely rip peeved at my DH because he’s having another one of his lazy do nothing. I’m a demented old buddy daddy jerk and I’m gonna be a nasty lazy person and be in your way and not do any work and just all around and piss you off Mood.

And then in addition to that my feet back knees hurt and I’m exhausted and I am ready to go out and buy myself something to ease my pain.

What I want to do is to make some sort of a soup called white bean soup. The recipe is at www.acouplecooks.com/white-bean-soup/.

It wants to have 3 15-oz cans of cannellini beans which I’m going to use Great Northern Beans as a substitute for or for all I know they are the exact same thing.

I could call Goya, but aren’t I supposed to be boycotting them because they’re jerks I can’t remember I did everybody does that everybody who knows how to boil water knows that a pound of dried beans when cooked to doneness yields X cups of cooked beans. But I think I skipped school that day.

I have an instant pot and I think I can look up or figure out how many hours minutes seconds to cook the things and how much water. .

My DH’s behavior has got me in such a state. I am ready to metaphorically strangle him, and I would like to suggest that an iPhone iPad get a emoji for strangling somebody, of course we don’t wanna kill anybody. Or even hurt anybody. But if life could be a cartoon Only, I would probably strangle him.

Later, I think I may make since it’s a gorgeous beautiful fall day good for working outside in your rig up god-awful massive a yard and garden, but I am so peeved that instead of stepping on a rattlesnake I think I will just stay inside and cook something like soup, then Kung Pao chicken — I may have to go over my 25 hot chili limit.

OK, so before I finish googling and researching every single blog or health screen, which wants to begin with what a bean is, how a bean grows, why beans are good for you, and so on, maybe somebody here without researching it has the answer right on the tip of their fingers or head or nose if so, drop me a line because I’m gonna guess it with a pound of these beans dried beans probably anywhere from two months to eight years old in a package, that I could probably get about six or seven measuring cups of cooked beans from them. Maybe I should just do it. Use the whole bag of beans and open up the whole can of worms.

I’m in a really crabby mood. Would you like me to send you some chocolate chip cookies that I haven’t yet made as a reward? I don’t have any chili dogs. I don’t even know what they are. I’m gonna guess it’s some kind of a hotdog with chili on it? I know Jasdip has the recipe.

Thank you .

ETA Using Speech to Text on iPad notes. Please forgive speakos & typos. The stress I feelis eating my brain. Pretty soon I will have eaten a brain worm which will do further damage.

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petalique
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10 months ago

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Thanks everyone. I have not yet made it, but prepping.

My feet and back are screaming. I have been taking forever to just put Kung Pao Chicken together. I cannot find my recipe because ChAos from wicked, brain numbing pain, a DH who has to be motivated to help out, does not do what he says he’ll do and every couple of days throws a money wrench (another emoji missing) into our domestic blissitude.

The Kung Pao stir fry is easy, easier if I am feeling okay and don’t have to trip over a mountain range of ”stuff.” (He will not pick up stuff, I am of the mind to do what they must do on warships — just sweep it into a tarp and deep six it.) For the past two weeks he was going to get around to cleaning the fridge. Nope.

So in preparing the stir fry, I found and cleaned sticky fridge shelves, bins, ”biological experiments,” and no less than TWO very expired heads of cauliflower. I had to do forensic DNA sequencing to ID them.

Had to phone CHP for fresh ginger and will now fight West Nile packed mosquitoes to see if there are any green onions outside.

I am in a ranty frame of mind. Sorry. I will excuse LJ and anyone from skipping on by.

Make Measles Great Again!

~pet

I have extra dried chilies and would love the opportunity to mix up a batch of laryngeal tonic for Bobby-Jay.

ETA

probably next time MORE boiled chix or easy open cat chow. I am not happy with the daylight waning. I had no summer. Rain, horrid heat and humidity (almost typed ’ humility’ — that too)

I might have to quit watching true crime for ”escape.” If I read, I fall asleep.

I am in a state — One sibling is fading. Another who was, I thought, a friend, walked away. This after having a long time SWB friend pull a very hateful thing on me, and another college friend disappear. I think of her affectionately as the shallow Buddhist.

Others in my life keep dying off and I hate it when that happens, especially when I was planning on dropping them a hello note. Sheesh. Regrets. Life is either too long or not long enough. What do you think?

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Sherry8aNorthAL
10 months ago
I struggle with the dry to can also. One thing I have learned is that cooked dry beans freeze well.

The older the dry beans the longer to cook and more water. Start with normal water and simmer and add water as needed until done. I freeze in my plastic freezer containers from years ago, small quantities, but thaw in glass.

I would make the chicken chile and then add whatever cooked beans looked like enough.

My retired hubby is driving me crazy also!
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petalique
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10 months ago
I’d still like to know, but in the meantime, I found a large can of beans a big big can of white cannellini beans which I’m going to consider as whatever so between those and the other two cans I think I’m all set to make this batch of beans from canned stuff. I have a whole lot of bags of dried legumes that I bought pre-pandemic like years before the pandemic so some of these are probably older than Barney the dinosaur.
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Sherry8aNorthAL
10 months ago
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They will still cook, but will take a lot longer and more water. That is why I started cooking the entire package and freezing the rest. I do not season until ready to use the cooked beans

One big can should be close enough to 3 small.
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Rusty
10 months ago
Three 15 oz cans equals 45 oz which is slightly (VERY slightly) more than 5 1/2 cups.

One pound of dry beans will yield approximately 4 to 5 cups of cooked beans.

Hope this helps.

So go for it and enjoy your soup! It sounds delicious!

Rusty
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petalique
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10 months ago
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Thanks, Sherry. I am most appreciative.

I bought the enormous poundage of dried legumes, beans and so on years ago because it sounded like a healthful food source.

I hear you about DHs - mine will be okay for a few days, and I try not to ask much, make nice, keep the peace and sweetness. But yesterday, he went into full, head on do-nothing mode, and I crashed. Big house and yards. I am enterprising, he is not. He has to be hounded and nagged into doing any work but the old man ”comfort-fun” stuff. Like roasting a chicken.

I see your eyes rolling? Hey, I’d like to do comfort work too ;) All those essential chores like knitting by the fire, baking choc chip cookies,….. Let someone elses scrape and paint the house trim or remove all the rampant oriental bittersweet vines laden with green fruit ready to usher forth 10^23 new plants for each seed out of the kajillion berries dropped to the ground. I am going to have to hire a Napalm Service.
LoneJack Zn 6a, KC
10 months ago
Please forgive speakos & typos

What about the incoherent ramblings?
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petalique
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10 months ago
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Sorry about the incoherent ramblings. Part of my worm-gnawed brain is rebelling, trying to go red-state.
Sherry8aNorthAL
10 months ago
She makes perfect sense to me, our hubbys could be twins. Mine cuts the grass and plays with his toys. He spend a fortune on his toys and then gets a new hobby and spends more. He will not get rid of the old hobby stuff, even if it has not been used in years
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blfenton
10 months ago
I understood everything that was written - nothing incoherent about them. I personally, would throw away the dried beans and buy canned ones. Ever so much easier.
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Sherry8aNorthAL
10 months ago
The dried have MUCH less salt.
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lucillle
10 months ago
kill

Please don't do this. It would cost me time and money to reactivate my license to practice law and naturally I'd want to help (Are you in Texas?)

However, having had some very trying exes, I can agree that there is satisfaction to be had in fantasizing retribution.

Rusty's estimate of 4 to 5 cups from a pound of beans sounds right, as I can beans and lentils fairly often.

Here's a hug

(((Petalique)))
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floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
10 months ago
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Cook up the whole lot. Take out your cups or cans. Freeze the rest.

Or move somewhere that uses the metric system. Canada???
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foodonastump
10 months ago
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How does the metric system help? Either way you’re trying to convert sn unknown weight of one object with that of another.

Edit: the recipe calls for 4.5 cups of cooked beans. Figuring dried beans at least double in size when cooked, I’d probably cook 2.5 cups of dried beans, measure, then use, save, or toss the excess.
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Sherry8aNorthAL
10 months ago
Wow Lars, that just got bookmarked!
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plllog
10 months ago
That is great, Lars! I've used the old tables, but this is so on point!

(((Petalique)))

Since your questions are answered the hug is the best I can do. Please only read the following if you want some likely useless advice.

It sounds like you two are at cross purposes. He wants to lounge, you want to get the chores done before you lounge. Reality: No matter what your history is, he's not a helper in the here and now. I hate to see you pushed to even metaphorical homicide, but it's hard to let it go when the trim needs scraping. For your peace of mind I recommend getting a helper. Perhaps someone with ability and experience who will trade labor for home cooking, or a biddable high school kid looking for service points, or perhaps you hire a pro. You deserve peace of mind, and to get the chores done, but it sounds like you're going to have to look elsewhere. Good luck!
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10 months ago
blfenton
10 months ago
Ohh that looks really good. Enjoy!
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ci_lantro
10 months ago
I routinely cook dried beans to substitute for canned beans. 1# dried beans is roughly equivalent to 3 15 oz cans. I always cook at least a pound. Freeze extras. Pressure cooker makes short work of it so don't have to plan ahead...quick cook/ no need to soak. I now use an Instant Pot pressure cooker although it takes longer than stove top PC. Love the IP for the set it and walk away convenience.

'Years old' beans definitely take longer to cook. Pressure cooker advised. Also, advise buying the freshest beans you can find and freezing them for long-longish term storage.
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lucillle
10 months ago
Just a thought outta the blue since this seems like an outta the blue type thread. If I'm being impertinent just say so.

Is there any way you could hire a high school kid twice a week for a few hours after school to be a general assistant? To clean the fridge, pick up clutter, weed the garden a little. Honey does, but since your honey don't, hire it done at least the easy stuff, so you are less aggravated. I do think that when one is strung tight, it increases physical pain, and you don't deserve that.
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rob333 (zone 7b)
10 months ago
All I know is I'm sorry for petal and Sherry, but glad I'm not in a relationship anymore.

And I really want some white beans (made with a ham hock of course!) with cornbread.
foodonastump
10 months ago
Whats a SWB friend? Google told me it’s likely a typo for FWB but I’m guessing not. 😉
laceyvail 6A, WV
10 months ago
Whoa! This all makes me so glad to be single. Just me and my beloved cat who can also be a PITA but mostly just makes me laugh when she isn't just making me happy.

And I do eat a LOT of beans--canned or cooked from dried.
nicole
10 months ago
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What do you think? ...ok...well you asked...

Petalique....Take two aspirin....and join a FREE gym! They have massage chairs, a steam room, hot tub, lap pools and work out classes that will get ya movin' to some cool tunes and you'll have a whole new lease on life! 🕺🕺🕺

We went to the lake yesterday. Paddle boarders & fisherpeople were out. Ran into a dude DH knows, divorced, hanging out with another divorced dude...trying to pick up on ladies @ the lake. 🏖️The ladies were sayin' "no", smiling, wearing short-shorts....I was thinking "I am sooooooooooo glad I'm NOT single with guys giving me lines...trying to get some!" That would ruin MY day/life. I wonder how often they actually score?....sooooooooooooooooooo glad that's NOT me on the other end....................the one dude asked me, "You ever been to Belize?" Yes I have....he was born in Belize. Broke his shoulder falling off a boat in Cabo, drinking vodka...Yes, I've been to Cabo....that's how THEY roll? WOW...that's what he talks about? Himself...are you impressed? uh...not so much.....would have liked a paddle board lesson....and 60 years old is NOT the new 40! 🏋️‍♂️

I wish everyone well! I wish everyone happiness! I so do not wish THAT life on anyone....
HU-279332973
10 months ago
In my experience the average man who can be convinced to "help" around the house wants to choose what he does and the average woman gets to do all the things that must be done.

patriciae
roxsolid
10 months ago
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I do not agree. (from my experience)

I just had to step in and say something.
Sherry8aNorthAL
10 months ago
You were lucky.
roxsolid
10 months ago
Sherry, apparently I was after reading these comments. I’ll just count my lucky stars . I wish everyone well.

Most of the men in my life are really good eggs. I adore them.
plllog
10 months ago
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When I was young, my male buddies would tell me their relationship woes. I told them one of the most romantic things they could do was clean the bathroom to her standards. That includes scrubbing, polishing off streaks, and folding the towels right. This was inevitably shocking, even though they saw what it looked like after she cleaned. They thought the bare minimum that their mothers allowed--towels off the floor and hairs cleared up--was "clean". They also found happier ladies when they took my advice. :) Poor dears never realized before that they were actual burdens.... Unfortunately, it's a lot easier to train them when they're young and eager to please. I also have given If a Man Answers to girlfriends, as introduction to real life operant conditioning, 😁
lucillle
10 months ago
all the things that must be done.

A phrase that covers a lot of territory. Who decides what must be done? Oftentimes the local law will say how high the grass can get, and basic science will say how long the mayo can sit out before you die if you eat it. But there is really no universal requirement about how many dust bunnies are acceptable and whether the bed needs to be made ever. (probably TMI but I make my bed every morning, and I don't bother the dust bunnies very often).
roxsolid
10 months ago
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lucille, I never make the bed. Nor does my husband. We just shut the door when company comes.

I cut the grass, he plows the snow. We hire painters.

He makes his own breakfast. I make mine.

We both spoil the dog.

It works for us.
lucillle
10 months ago
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I think you have the secret to a happy life. As is mine, dust bunnies and all.
roxsolid
10 months ago
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Lucille, the secret to no dust bunnies under the bed is to buy a platform bed frame. No legs, no place for the bunnies to congregate.
nicole
10 months ago
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My friend got a divorce, she's 52 years old. January, she purchased a house in Idaho. Got a NEW boyfriend, moved on. (She moved on from the boyfriend I see too) She posted THIS on her Facebook page:
roxsolid
10 months ago
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Petalique, I feel so bad for you when I read some of your threads. I really hope you get this all sorted out. You only get one go at this life. Your husband does not have the right to make you miserable.

To answer your question in your post above.

The length of life depends on the quality of life lived, not the quantity of time.

If you are miserable, life can seem very, very long, I would think. If you are enjoying life, the time seems very short.

Again, I really hope you get it all sorted out. I think venting is a good thing until you figure it out.

Anyhow, here’s a song that I don’t think will help but maybe it will. 🤷‍♀️

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