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Originally Posted by ShangriLewis

I cook beans in the crockpot. I have a newer one that gets really hot. I love it! My old one took two days to cook beans. This one does it in about 6 hours or less.

I serve them whole the first day. Then I cook them again the next day OR I heat them up in the cast iron pan. The cast iron pan is the only thing I've found to make beans taste really good. But, you really need to use the beans that have cooked and then sat all night. I add whatever I have around to the beans the first time around.

when i did my refried ones, i did them in a cast iron skillet. dh said they tasted great!