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Originally Posted by nekokami
I like beans or lentils in soup or stew, but they take long enough to cook that I'm not sure they'd be appropriate to a migratory lifestyle. I supposed the canned versions would be ok.
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Lentils don't take too long at all. I regularly cook a lentil-and-rice dish (in our family it's fondly called "ticks and maggots") by putting equal amounts of lentils and brown rice in a large pot, add water and cook for 45 minutes. While the beans & rice are cooking, chop & saute a bunch of veggies (carrots, onion, celery, peppers, greens, herbs) to stir into the beans & rice when they are done. Most other dried beans can be cooked in 1.5 to 2 hours if they are well soaked in advance. Since stews normally cook in about the same time, you're not too far off. Just remember to set the beans to soaking before you go to bed.