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Article: 'Not worth beans'?: ; It's a good thing beans are cheap, nutritious and versatile
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- Sunday Gazette-Mail
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- April 12, 2009
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Beans, beans, they're good for your heart, your budget and your
palate.
One of nature's most nutritious foods - full of fiber and protein
and virtually fat-free - they also are one of the market's cheapest.
A pound of dried beans (easily enough to feed four people) costs
less than $2; a 15-ounce can (the basis of a fine meal for two) runs
about 75 cents. And because they are such a great and healthy value,
pretty much every culture has come up with a delicious way to cook
them.
Few culinary tasks are as easy as opening a can of beans, but
cooking dried beans from scratch is a close second. Kitchen lore
about cooking beans abounds - soak, don't soak, salt, don't salt -
all of which makes it ...
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