Photo of beans from this morning
I started the whole process this morning around 10:30 a.m. It is now 1:24 p.m. here.
I started with dry beans, put in water, brought a boil, let simmer for a little while, drained, rinsed, added back to pot of clean water. Simmered until about 12:30 p.m., added spices/salt/diced tomatoes.
They are basically done, but I wanted to add some carrots and onions.
I snapped a photo (not the best) so you can see the skins have popped, and I mashed one so you can see how soft they are. I love beans!