I'm convinced that dried beans aren't the budget miracle everyone claims they are.

I spent 45 minutes last Tuesday trying to salvage a pot of rock-hard pinto beans I'd soaked overnight, only to have to order a $22 pizza because my family refused to eat them, so has anyone actually made this work without a pressure cooker?

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susan_wright342mo ago

Honestly, that whole situation sounds like a classic case of the internet making simple things seem easy. So much advice skips the actual work it takes, right? You follow the steps and still end up with a pot of gravel. Makes you wonder how many other "simple" life hacks are just waiting to waste an evening. Isn't it always the stuff that's supposed to save you money that ends up costing more?

milacraig2mo ago

Right? The "pot of gravel" line is so real. I tried that viral pasta hack where you bake it in the oven instead of boiling it, @susan_wright34. It promised one pot and no mess. I got a solid brick of burnt noodles fused to my baking dish. Took an hour to chip it out. The internet makes it look like magic, but my kitchen ends up looking like a failed science project every time.

bell.felix2mo ago

An hour to chip it out... that's a whole new level of kitchen disaster. They really sell these hacks like they're foolproof, don't they. My last attempt at a "simple" sheet pan meal welded the salmon skin right to the pan. It feels like you need a chemistry degree just to follow a recipe these days.