Originally Posted by sew_southern
I've been cooking dry beans in my slow cooker for 10 hrs., making baked beans. I haven't used dry beans in a few years so decided to try them again. I soaked them overnight and they've cooked in my sauce all day, they are as hard as they were this morning! What is the problem? Do beans go bad and not cook right? At this point we'll be having tonights dinner tomorrow night.
When I first got married we lived in College Station, TX. There water is so hard you could cook beans for 3 weeks & they would still be hard. They may be old beans. Has your water changed. That could be the problem. Next time make sure the beans are frsh dried beans & get a gallon of bottle water & see if that cures the problem.