Harvest the pods when they are dry and brown and the seeds have dried and hardened. This is about 90-100 days from planting and before the pods have split. break open the pods and you have dried beans. Freezing beans for 4 hours before storage will kill any bugs of diseases.
About 2/3 a cup of dry pinto beans will result in one pound of cooked pinto beans. One pound of dry pinto beans = 2 cups of dry beans = 6 cups of cooked pinto beans 2 cups of cooked beans = about 16 ounces = one pound of cooked beans
six pounds of dry beans
Each pound bag of dry pinto beans contains about 12 (½ cup) servings after cooking. Eight pounds of pinto beans will therefore serve 96 people.
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Where did beans originate from? beans such as pinto and so forth...
pinto
About a hundred people.
there are different type of beans of which one variety is pinto. There are several other beans which can be used along side or as a substitute for pinto. But pinto is a single bean type
pinto beans are considered a starch
If you store the beans in an air tight container, they can stay good for years. Dried beans are a good staple to have in your diet. Keep them dry until ready to cook.
they cost 4.59 if you buy the bag of dried pinto beans