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[quote=Anonymous]That is how we make beans in Brazil (if you are interested): You can soak them in cold water overnight to soften them and cook them faster in the next day. You can also skip this process - it is not a deal breaker.

If you have a pressure cooker, you cover the beans with water plus 2 cups and cook for about 40 min. under pressure (start timing after the pot goes under pressure). If you don't have a pressure cooker, just put on a pot and let it boil/simmer &quot;forever&quot; - about 3 hours.

When it is cooked, in another pan you put some olive oil and onions, when the onions are slightly cooked you add garlic. After you put in in half of the beans you cooked. Add salt and some of the liquid you cooked the beans in. Then you mix all together and taste the salt to see if it good enough.

2 - you can also blend (children specially love it).

3 - you can also mash it before seasoning it (I think it is what you guys call refried beans).

4 - you can cook the beans with thick slices of sausages, chunks of beef (pot roast kind of beef), thick pieces of bacon, etc. If you put in a big variety of meat, you can end up making feijoada. Usually people there only put a few chunks of beef and/or slices of sausage. If it gets too &quot;fatty&quot;, put in a peeled orange or potato because they suck the oil (you discard them later).

GL&gt;[/quote]

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