I guess I am the dissenting voice here, but I never bother to pre-soak my beans before cooking them. It probably adds an extra 1/2 to 1 hour of cooking, but that's not a problem for me. My favori...

I am a huge fan of the freecycle lists. Whenever I have had items to get rid of in the past, I would just post them there, and someone with use for them woul...