Originally Posted by cjomomma
I have noticed that there are 2 different kind of pinto beans now. There are the light colored ones and the dark ones. The dark ones do not cook well at all. I bought a bag of them and cooked them on the stove all day just to have hard beans by dinner time. So it could just be the beans themselves.
You may have something there, these beans were a lot darker than normal pintos. I ate a spoonful last night to see if they could be saved, my DH came in ready for them as the whole house smelled so good, I said he could have some but they're crunchy! Lol
I strained the beans out of the pot last night and gave them to our outside dogs, they had no problem at all. I soaked white & navy beans last night and put them in this morning, so we'll see how it goes.
Thanks to all for the helpful suggestions! :)