I' m a frustrated engineer who was forced to drop out of school when the money ran out. I work in whatever job is stupid enough to hire me, and hope it offers me the free time to pursue my dreams of getting a degree from a tech school ( I figure that college will take too long because I go part time) . Anything I can dump in a slow cooker, and stuff that' s easy but looks like it isn' t Dad' s " Slop- In- The- Pot" and my brother in law' s mastery of several slow cookers for a party.

Both of these MEN taught me a lot! How to prepare dry beans: Fill a GLASS jar about a quarter full of beans.

Boil some water until it' s going gonzo in the pot.

Fill the jar with the beans full of the boiling water. Put the lid on the jar ( obviously, you' re going to have to be careful) .

Put the jar in the sink in case it doesn' t seal. If that' s the case, use the beans the next day. If it does, the beans will keep for a while, but I' ve never kept a jar until it spoiled. I made stuff other people wouldn' t eat, but never anything I couldn' t eat myself, so there have been NO tragedies.