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Frijoles
updated: Jun 25, 2012, 8:34 PM

By Edhat Subscriber

I am going on a backpacking trip soon and I am in need of Dehydrate Refried Bean, does anybody know where I can find those locally? I have checked at Santa Cruz Market, Whole Foods, Ralphs and Gelson all with no luck.

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COMMENT 291351P	2012-06-26 06:25 AM
Try one of the backpacking-oriented stores: Mountain Air, SB Outfitters, REI. They're much more likely to stock dehydrated foods.
COMMENT 291357	2012-06-26 06:46 AM
Isla Vista Food Co-op. Not only dehydrated beans, but soups as well and all in bulk so you can buy as much or as little as you like.
COMMENT 291362	2012-06-26 06:57 AM
Lazy Acres and IV Co-op. @291351P The poster is not looking for MRE type meals, just bulk dehydrated beans, none of those stores carry that sort of thing.
COMMENT 291369P	2012-06-26 07:07 AM
I've tried the available dehydrated soups and they are really quite good. We used to make our own dried, cooked mashed beans and take them backpacking before all the Moutain House foods became available. Boil, mash and mix with spices, then smear thinly on a cookie sheet, set for a couple of hours in an oven set at lowest poss temp (mine was 170). Stir and break up the clumps several times; make sure they are dry, dry, dry.The flakes would be packaged in ziplocks, then rehydrated with water. We used no fat, but you could add some at rehydration.
COMMENT 291376	2012-06-26 07:14 AM
Smart and Final has great dehydrated beans. They come in a 3 lb package, just add hot water! Next question.
COMMENT 291403	2012-06-26 08:21 AM
I buy a santa fe food company brand of dehydrated beans and hate the taste of canned . Maybe find their number online and call to ask. 369 has the right idea. smart and final, awesome!
COMMENT 291411	2012-06-26 08:41 AM
Hey, Edhat - the singular is "frijol," NOT "frijole." Plural is "frijoles." (Similar to "tamal" and "tamales.")
COMMENT 291501P	2012-06-26 11:19 AM
Say what 411? From Miriam-Webster: fri·jo·le noun \fre-'ho-le\. plural fri·jo·les Definition of FRIJOLE : any of various beans used in Mexican style cooking — usually used in plural fri·jo·le also fri·jol Origin of FRIJOLE American Spanish frijol, from Spanish, kidney bean, from earlier fesol, fresol, probably modification of Galician feijoo, from Latin phaseolus, diminutive of phaselus cowpea, from Greek phaselos First Known Use: 1577

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