Instructions: Cooking beans: Always drain and rinse beans after soaking. Cook in fresh, cold water.

Crockery Cooker Method: Use 3 cups water for each cup of soaked and drained beans. Cover beans with water and cook on low for 8 to 12 hours.

Variation: Soaking may be eliminated: cook beans 12 hours.

Note: beans
should be well rinsed; omitting the soaking step does not reduce gastric problems.

NOTE: Refer to your crockpots manual for the setting; it could be low but not lowest.

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* Instructions from Gourmet Grains, Beans & Rice: Simple, Savory,

NOTES : Slow cooked beans - especially pintos - very good. Add seasonings like onion and celery and chile pepper early in the day and tomatoes late, after the beans are puffy. Knorr makes a bouillon cube - spicy tomato - and I use it early (instead of the chile pepper, etc.) Season to last later in the day with a little jerk sauce and/or brown sugar. whatever ...

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