@explcurve: try soaking the beans in salt water overnight, draining, adding fresh water and cooking as normal. I moved from sea level to 7000 feet, it's the only way I've found to cut the time do...

Butter pecan! Or a good vanilla (like Bluebell's homemade vanilla) or chocolate! Oooh, i get so excited over ice cream!

My enameled cast iron dutch oven...perfect for so many things!