Soaking beans for baked beans,...?

[icebear]

I always soak my beans for baking in the refrigerator. i started them soaking last night, planning to bake them for tonight, but hubby really wants me to make that pickle meatloaf again. he loves my altered version of it (with cream of shroom soup and diced canned 'maters). this would be the third time i have made it since i was pointed to the recipe. :)



So, how long can the beans soak in the fridge? Should i just go ahead and cook them up today and just keep them to be reheated tomorrow night?

i'm going to rinse them out now anyway.


thanks for any help, as always :)

[jadeeyes]

I'm not sure how long you can soak them. Would it be to hard for you to go ahead and cook them up for tomorrow? :idunno

[Heartstorm]

I would cook them today ! I did this once and when I went to cook the beans they had a wierd smell so I threw them out, besides beans are always better the next day !!
I might need that recipe for the meatloaf, I am going to go look through the other posts for it !!!

[icebear]

yeah, might as well cook them up :)

[Tenbear2808]

Cook them as you would have it going to serve them for supper. Beans are always better on the day after you cook them. All the flavors have time to come together to give the beans a better taste.

[OnTheHorizon]

I always soak my beans for baking in the refrigerator. i started them soaking last night, planning to bake them for tonight, but hubby really wants me to make that pickle meatloaf again. he loves my altered version of it (with cream of shroom soup and diced canned 'maters). this would be the third time i have made it since i was pointed to the recipe. :)

Can you point me to the pickle meatloaf recipe? Also, how do you alter it with mushroom soup and tomatoes?
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[icebear]

its right here:

http://www.ilovepickles.com/recipes/meatloaf.html
and instead of fresh mushrooms i use 1/2 can of cream of mushroom soup, undiluted and just under a 1/2 can of seasoned stewed tomatoes- drained well, as a substitute for fresh tomatoes. i also use american cheese slices instead of mozerella.

the recipe sounded so good, but hubby had forgot some shopping items the night i wanted to try it, so i subbed stuff in and it works for us. You have to seal the loaf edges really well or the filling comes out, but its no big deal as to the taste, but its not very pretty looking! :lol2


tonight is my first try doubling the recipe, the hubby eats almost half of the normal recipe himself, and after daughter and i get the rest there's none for him to take for lunch the next day.

[OnTheHorizon]

Sounds great, thanks!