rancho gordo beans forever [SEP] in our house we are bean fiends we eat beans times a week in soups chili or as a main course with ham hocks before we had bought rock hard who knows how old grocery store dried beans these revolutionized our bean gamethey seem to be really fresh so they do not need as much soaking and they are resistant to becoming mushy if overcooked they always seem to have the perfect velvety texture they are not the cheapest beans but they are well worth it this four pack lasts us about a month eating bean based dishes a few times a week