Do not eat beans that are not thoroughly cooked, (SOFT throughout). Pasta can be al dente, but not beans! You can can beans of all kinds. Put a cup and a half of any dry beansin a quart jar, fill with water to the neck, add a teaspoon of salt and process in a pressure canner at 10 lbs for 90 minutes. Then you can have cooked beans whenever you want them, no soaking or waiting..