Country comfort food, non-kosher edition: what are your favorite bean soup/stew recipes for smoked ham hocks or pork neck bones? [more inside]
posted by availablelight on Oct 24, 2010 - 8 answers

I want to like beans, but the texture is generally too mushy or mealy. What are some recipes that get around this? [more inside]
posted by Wossname on Aug 9, 2010 - 21 answers

UMass Amherst - between '90-'94 - People's Market: I used to get a plate of rice and beans for lunch almost every day for a couple of years from People's and I am CRAVING that exact dish hardcore. I remember brown rice, red wine vinegar as a condiment - but what type of beans and what was in them, if anything? IIRC, it was like $1.00. [more inside]
posted by tristeza on May 17, 2010 - 12 answers

What do I do with dried black eyed peas? [more inside]
posted by JoanArkham on Feb 5, 2010 - 16 answers

What do I do with two pounds of moong daal that's been sitting in my refrigerator for three months? I'm a hopeless cooking noob on a budget, and I can't really grasp what this stuff even is. [more inside]
posted by Muffpub on Aug 22, 2009 - 8 answers

Please share your cold recipes for salads, succotashes, and soups featuring lentils, split peas, and other legumes. [more inside]
posted by HotPatatta on Feb 18, 2009 - 11 answers