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How Long Do Dried Beans Last? (Not Forever, Sorry)
It might be time to replace that old bag of beans in your pantry.

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I'm thinking about dumping them in the garden, let them break down and feed a new generation. Maybe some will sprout but I doubt it. Also considering mixing them with straw as mulch type top dressing to prevent weeds. Although I'm not sure if they'd absorb moisture, rot and cause problems. I'm guessing they're so dry they'd break down in the summer sun along with the straw.
I bought a large quantity of their store brand, canned beans from my Local Fred Meyer on a really good sale price! I like my bean soup with a variety of beans, I think I had at least 5
different kinds of beans. Made a really big pot and ate my soup for about a week and a half! The really weird part was that there were some of those beans in those cans that were
"old" and hard! Not a lot, but enough that I was wondering how that happened!? :-(
(All I can figure is that someone must have finally gotten around to cleanning out the bottom of the bin & cooking some dried beans that had been hiding in nooks and cranies!)
Chris
He called it a garden but I asure you his pride and joy that he shared with his loved ones and anyone around him was a farm which between his acrage and farm it was nothing for him to spend 8 hours outside ... even when everyone said it was not good for him. . He did that for 20 years; nto his mid 80's.
They threw shucking or canning parties often in the summer so everything was visiting and helping often and everyone came and left with stuff you could not get from the store plus we left with our hearts full.I loved the homemade bean soups so much; I think I could have lived on that alone! LOL
We sure miss them both!
How did I end up here? Because I have 2 bags of beans that I know are more than 6 years old but not sure how much older. I had heard that they will not soften when you cook them when old so I goodled; what can you do with old beans? (besides art)
Ya never know but I know my beans arw headed for the trash!
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