Beans

Clean cooking area, any containers you will use, including pots, and utensils with soap and clean water. Dry the utensils. Wash hands with soap and clean running water.

Sort beans and remove any stones, mud clots, or shriveled beans.

Wash and soak dried beans with clean drinking water until they are plump (you can soak them overnight in a covered container).

Note: Beans that have soaked long enough will split down the middle when pierced with a fork.

Put the beans in a pot and fill it with enough safe water to cover the beans. Bring water to a boil.

If you are cooking over gas or kerosene reduce the heat and cook until the beans are tender but firm.

If you are cooking over a fire move the pot to the side of the flame and cook until the beans are tender but firm.