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.
Has anyone mentioned not adding salt until the beans are almost done? This is kind of important. I made Lima Bean Soup today and didn't salt it until the beans were getting soft.