cost of OS. Not always worth it. Maths only here

thriftlady_2

geordie_joe wrote: »

Thanks, so you can get both.

I was expecting them to come in a packet where I could use a few at a time, so that is what I will look out for.

You should be able to get them dried in a packet but I can't see them on the Tesco website either. I last bought them at Waitrose. Try another supermarket or a health food store. Tesco do have dried cannellini beans at 79p for 500g which are really similar but bigger -about the size of kidney beans. All dried beans are worth trying;) I'm cooking up some borlotti beans at the moment.

zippychick

geordie_joe wrote: »

Thanks, so you can get both.

I was expecting them to come in a packet where I could use a few at a time, so that is what I will look out for.

This is part of the whole argument on this thread Geordie. Tinned is more convenient as can be used straight away, but more expensive. Dried are much cheaper but need soaked generally overnight, and this is where the whole "time/benefit" issue comes in

I don't use enough beans to warrant using dry ones, but am trying to use them more. Once I am comfortable in using them, i will cook batches and freeze portions ready for future use

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geordie_joe wrote: »

Thanks, so you can get both.

I was expecting them to come in a packet where I could use a few at a time, so that is what I will look out for.

Sainsburys definitely sell them dried. £1.20 for 500g.

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thriftlady_2

Amazingly they are cheaper at Waitrose 98p for 500g and that's for organic ones;)

Zazen999

I'd never pay £1.20 for pound of dried beans........they're supposed to be cheap!

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Zazen999 wrote: »

I'd never pay £1.20 for pound of dried beans........they're supposed to be cheap!

No I wouldn't pay that for them either. But presumably people do buy them because that's the price Sainsburys are selling them for.

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geordie_joe

thriftlady wrote: »

Tesco do have dried cannellini beans at 79p for 500g which are really similar but bigger -about the size of kidney beans. All dried beans are worth trying;) I'm cooking up some borlotti beans at the moment.

Thanks, Morrisons did have those, at 88p I think, so I'll stick them on my list.

geordie_joe

zippychick wrote: »

This is part of the whole argument on this thread Geordie. Tinned is more convenient as can be used straight away, but more expensive. Dried are much cheaper but need soaked generally overnight, and this is where the whole "time/benefit" issue comes in

I don't use enough beans to warrant using dry ones, but am trying to use them more. Once I am comfortable in using them, i will cook batches and freeze portions ready for future use

Thanks, I don't mind a "time/benefit" debate, as I think it's good. It's the people who think along the lines of "The beans cost 79p, I boiled them for an hour costing 12p in gas, and my hour of time is worth £5, so adding those beans to a meal cost me £5.91" that puzzle me.

geordie_joe

Zazen999 wrote: »

I'd never pay £1.20 for pound of dried beans........they're supposed to be cheap!

£1.99 plus £2.14 postage on ebay!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/500g-QUALITY-Goodness-Haricot-Beans_W0QQitemZ320395600222QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Home_Garden_Food_SM?hash=item4a9910e15e&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

PasturesNew

One of the reasons I don't cook a lot for myself is that I have to turn on a full/large oven to bake one tiny thing. So, one home made loaf = 1.5 hours of the oven being on full. It's just not really worth the time and effort and cost sometimes ... cheaper for me to just buy a nice couple of reduced rolls when I spot them occasionally and stick to long life loaves (last 10 days) the rest.

If I had a freezer, then I would be able to put a few things in at a time and it would make sense just to have nice tasting bread ... but I don't.

I can't actually find out how much my oven costs to run, but I guess it's 20p/hour.