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!

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.

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.

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

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.

Please forgive speakos & typos

What about the incoherent ramblings?

Sorry about the incoherent ramblings. Part of my worm-gnawed brain is rebelling, trying to go red-state.

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

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.

The dried have MUCH less salt.

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)))

Cook up the whole lot. Take out your cups or cans. Freeze the rest.

Or move somewhere that uses the metric system. Canada???

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.

Wow Lars, that just got bookmarked!

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!

Ohh that looks really good. Enjoy!

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.

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.

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.

Whats a SWB friend? Google told me it’s likely a typo for FWB but I’m guessing not. 😉

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.

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....

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

I do not agree. (from my experience)

I just had to step in and say something.

You were lucky.

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.

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, 😁

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).

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.

I think you have the secret to a happy life. As is mine, dust bunnies and all.

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.

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:

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. 🤷‍♀️