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Re: Calico Beans
« Reply #25 on: October 26, 2023, 11:54:44 PM »
Quote from: K Frame on October 26, 2023, 08:09:37 PM
The warning is specific to Kidney Beans.

And we've been cooking kidney beans, mostly in crockpot chili.  It gets to an easy boil set high, so we're good.
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Re: Calico Beans
« Reply #26 on: October 27, 2023, 06:57:12 AM »
May the odd be ever in your favor...

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Re: Calico Beans
« Reply #27 on: October 27, 2023, 09:33:59 AM »
Quote from: K Frame on October 27, 2023, 06:57:12 AM
May the odd be ever in your favor...

If Rocket poisons himself, I call dibs on his guns!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoBTsMJ4jNk&t=24s

So far, so goo..... urk!

It's been a long time since I've watched "Monty Python's: The Meaning of Life".  Gonna have to watch it again soon.
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My wife often says to me, "You are evil and must be destroyed." She may be right.

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Re: Calico Beans
« Reply #28 on: October 27, 2023, 09:39:48 AM »
"It's been a long time since I've watched "Monty Python's: The Meaning of Life".  Gonna have to watch it again soon."

When it comes to having something to offend absolutely everyone, it may be the most perfect movie ever made. On the same level as Blazing Saddles.
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Re: Calico Beans
« Reply #29 on: October 20, 2024, 08:28:31 AM »
Decided that, since the weather is turning colder here, I'm going to make a pot of these calico/cowboy beans.

Just in time for the weather to get back into the 70s/80s for a couple of days. :rofl:

Bought bacon this time to go into the base, which I normally don't do. Will still use ground turkey instead of beef.

And I'm using frozen lima beans instead of canned.
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Re: Calico Beans
« Reply #30 on: October 20, 2024, 03:05:33 PM »
And screw it. I'll make them Wednesday when I have off.
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« Reply #31 on: October 20, 2024, 08:18:16 PM »
Good luck !
And warm those lima beans first.  =D
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Re: Calico Beans
« Reply #32 on: October 21, 2024, 06:52:32 AM »
I just take them out of the fridge and let them defrost while I'm prepping the rest of the ingredients.
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Re: Calico Beans
« Reply #33 on: November 10, 2024, 06:44:25 AM »
Finally getting around to making these. We had a warm snap for the last 10 or so days and they just seemed to be a bit too heavy. But it's going to be cooler this week, and we're looking at rain this afternoon, so I figure it's about time.

Not doing them in the crockpot this time. Going to do them in the oven in my big cast iron dutch oven.
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Re: Calico Beans
« Reply #34 on: November 10, 2024, 05:42:24 PM »
Quote from: K Frame on November 10, 2024, 06:44:25 AM
Finally getting around to making these. We had a warm snap for the last 10 or so days and they just seemed to be a bit too heavy. But it's going to be cooler this week, and we're looking at rain this afternoon, so I figure it's about time.

Not doing them in the crockpot this time. Going to do them in the oven in my big cast iron dutch oven.

Even so, I urge you to stir them fairly frequently so they don't stick the bottom or sides.
BTW, they can be enjoyed cold right out of the fridge on a hot summer day.  Combine that with a good beer to wash them down and you'll get cooled off quickly.  =D
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Re: Calico Beans
« Reply #35 on: November 10, 2024, 07:19:08 PM »
"Even so, I urge you to stir them fairly frequently so they don't stick the bottom or sides."

CONTROL YOUR URGES!

Yep, stirred them every 30 minutes or so.

All in all, not bad, but not my best batch. Got kind of "free" with the extra spices and the like. Flavors came out kind of unbalanced and muddled.
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Re: Calico Beans
« Reply #36 on: November 12, 2024, 08:50:33 AM »
OK, since they've set for awhile the flavors are melding a bit better.

I think the big difference might have been the short oven bake as compared to the long, low crockpot bake.

I'm going to be making them in the crockpot from now on.
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Re: Calico Beans
« Reply #37 on: November 13, 2024, 11:56:32 PM »
Quote from: K Frame on November 12, 2024, 08:50:33 AM
OK, since they've set for awhile the flavors are melding a bit better.

I think the big difference might have been the short oven bake as compared to the long, low crockpot bake.

I'm going to be making them in the crockpot from now on.

 =D  =D
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