Kurt's Bachelor Cooking

[Kurt]

Pinto beans are my favorite beans as well. How long do you soak your beans? I soak mine for 20 to 24 hours, but not more than 24 hours.

BTW, Pizza Hut is also my favorite pizza. Dominos and Papa Johns aren't even in my top five.

There are some things I will not eat. Okra? Not even on a good day, lol. And those large orange/brown sweet potatoes? Not a chance.

Now, Mexican burritos? Don't get me started, lol, I can't get enough. Pinto beans and black beans are two of my favorite beans. Speckled pinto beans to make refried beans and black beans in soups, salsas, and as a filling in both burritos and enchiladas.

I soak them overnight so about 10-12 hours in a salt and baking soda brine. But I live at 8000 ft above sea level and water boils up here at about 190 F so I have to cook them for 3-3/12 hours. I cook up a bunch because they freeze well after being cooked.

Most of the time I mix 2 parts pinto and 1 part black beans and I mostly use them to make refried beans for burritos or nachos or by themselves. I also like putting BBQ chicken in them, it's sort of like pork and beans but better. And just a bowl of beans and corn bread or home made bread is good too.

My least favorite food is asparagus. I don't think I could eat it even if I was starving.