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3 tips for cooking dry beans

6 Nov

As I mentioned in my last post, dry beans are a much more popular here in Spain than in the US.  Here are a few tips for preparing beans that I picked up while living here: Soak the beans over night.  I’m sure you’ve read that you can quick-soak beans by soaking them in boiling [...]

The Variety of Spanish Beans

6 Nov

Beans are a much more common part of the Spanish diet than they are in the US, although I’ve been told though that they’re decreasing in popularity.  Spain has a huge number of varieties, as you can see from the photo above. Here’s a photo of some beans that we bought at a street market [...]

Garlic Olive Oil

6 Nov

Just garlic and olive oil. What could be simpler?

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