Shelf life of dried pinto beans ? (freezer, meal, Mexican, expensive)
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I've had problems with flavor of old beans. You say they are cooking up just fine. I wonder how newer beans will compare in taste when you cook them?
Yes, I'd probably throw out the remains and buy fresh. I'd say you got your money's worth out of that big sack of dried beans.
I do want to applaud you for cooking with dried beans. I do too, and we are a small subset of home cooks. Most cooks used canned, if they do beans at all. I like cooking them up from scratch though. You can find all sorts of them now, and they are quite reasonable in price. Nothing beats a cooked pot of beans and cornbread fresh out of the oven.
I am still using the small leftover amount from a big sack of wholesale dried pinto beans I know I bought at least 10yrs ago.
I make soup beans with ham hocks maybe 2-3 times a year and only use about 3 cups of dried beans per batch so needless to say, this big sack of beans has lasted over 10yrs.
They still seem to taste great and after soaking overnite they cook up just fine. I will never buy this big quality again though moving forward.
I am wandering if I should just ditch that last 1/5th of the bag and buy fresh dried new beans ?
Beans are pretty cheap so its not the cost. I just hate to toss food that is still good and edible, which I am sure the dried beans are. Its just they are surely well past their premium state I would think at this point.
Well for starters ... its hard to remember back 10-12yrs ago when I bought this sack of beans exactly what they tasted like. I simply wanted input on the shelf life of dried pinto beans.
I kinda thought my post was pretty self explanatory
Well for starters ... its hard to remember back 10-12yrs ago when I bought this sack of beans exactly what they tasted like. I simply wanted input on the shelf life of dried pinto beans.
I kinda thought my post was pretty self explanatory
You just made a batch from the bag 6 months ago (according to your second post in this thread) so I think making the last group from the bag is probably fine.
You just made a batch from the bag 6 months ago (according to your second post in this thread) so I think making the last group from the bag is probably fine.
Thats my point
Maybe all the batches of beans I have eaten from this sack over the past 3-4 yrs is well past their optimum shelf storage time limit and its happened so subtly I have not noticed.
I am still using the small leftover amount from a big sack of wholesale dried pinto beans I know I bought at least 10yrs ago.
I make soup beans with ham hocks maybe 2-3 times a year and only use about 3 cups of dried beans per batch so needless to say, this big sack of beans has lasted over 10yrs.
They still seem to taste great and after soaking overnite they cook up just fine. I will never buy this big quality again though moving forward.
I am wandering if I should just ditch that last 1/5th of the bag and buy fresh dried new beans ?
Beans are pretty cheap so its not the cost. I just hate to toss food that is still good and edible, which I am sure the dried beans are. Its just they are surely well past their premium state I would think at this point.
Your thoughts ?
the life expectancy is quite long but they can be harder to cook with as years go by. At 10 years I would toss them. It isn't like they are a gourmet or pricey food.
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