Article: 'Not worth beans'?: ; It's a good thing beans are cheap, nutritious and versatile

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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