When my Pinto Beans are cooked they are red, not brown unless I am cooking them to have with Bar-b-que, we even call them "red beans"and they are for sopping, or covered with onions and tomatoes or even pica deguyo. They are cooked fro about 4/5 hours real slow in a certian kind of pot ( and they get really red), adding water (hot) when needed. , and then just the last few minutes I had butter adn salt. I cook my black eyed peas the same. And both come out delicous. I also add bacon to the beans while cooking. My beans and my deviled eggs are very popular in our family and hte neighborhood. Margie -----Original Message----- From: RENA WORTHEN <doreatr@rbnet.com> To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com <SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, February 21, 1999 8:53 PM Subject: Pinto Beans /Correction >Kidney Beans are RED excellent in Chili. >Pinto beans are brown and white when cooked they are brown. and are eaten >with Cornbread. Pinto beans is a good source of protein >Green Beans cooked with new potatos and bacon yummm > >Time for a snack.. > >---------- >From: Diane Taylor <djtaylor@puc.edu> >To: SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: Green Beans >Date: Sunday, February 21, 1999 7:50 PM > >Just another perspective: > >In Washington State, where I grew up, the fresh green beans were called >snap beans or green beans. They were picked green and my grandmother and >mother used to sit for hours and "snap" (break) them into about >inch-size pieces to can. They were also sometimes called string beans, I >assume because of the "string" along the one side that was pulled off >during the snapping process. > >We also raised lima beans (you shelled those) and pinto beans, which >were indeed, red. > >Diane > > >==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== >#3 Support the fight against unrequested junk e-mail (SPAM). >Visit the webpage at: http://www.cauce.org/ > -sysop > > >==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== >#5 It is YOUR responsibility to know how to SUBSCRIBE & UNSUBSCRIBE. It is done >by computer. Put the word SUBSCRIBE in the body of the message with nothing >else. The address is sw_va-l-request@rootsweb.com . or -d- for DIGEST mode. >All this is in the Welcome statement I ask you to save. -sysop >