/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Why do dried beans come out hard, even after soaking for hours (or overnight) and cooking twice as long as the instructions say? Seems like no matter what I do, beans and chickpeas etc come out hard.
Sometimes this happens even if I just bought the bag recently.
Is there a trick to it?

Beans thread, post recipes

Lima, lentil, soy and pintos. Navy, northern and garbanzo! Kidneys and frijoles negroes, I love beans!

How bout you?

How do you prepare it?

has any food noticeably improved your bowel movements? aside from beans