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My original question was:  Does anyone know of any other (other than
Safeway) brand of dried black beans that is GF?  

Thanks to all who sent responses. They are below:

WalMart say on their package that they are GF,,,,the last time I bought
some,

I actually took the bag of beans and washed them with dish soap, rinsed
them well, and then used them without problem...since I was assuming the
wheat would be on the outside of course.

I always buy organic dried beans in bulk and have never had a problem with
contamination.  Most organic food markets have a wide variety of dried
beans on offer.

What I do is buy the cheapest good-looking dried beans I canfind. Empty
the bag (or as much as I'm going to use) onto a towel, or the kitchen
counter & pick out any foreign matter (stray grain, rocks, bits of dirt,
etc.--this used to be standard practice with any beans bought at an
(Asian) Indian grocery). Next, put them in a strainer and rinse them well.
That should be all it takes to clean them.

Try www.survivalacres.com.  I get most of my dry food from them for my
Sierra Club backpacking trips.  Backpacker's Pantry freeze-dried beans and
rice/bean combos are gf. 

Dominick's, Von's, Genuardi's, Randall's , Tom Thumb's and  Carr's are
part of the Safeway corporation. Do you have one of those near  you?
 
I sometimes find individual wheat or barley grains in my dried lentils - &
I suppose this could happen with dried beans.  I can't imagine why else
they would use such a label. I just sort them out & then wash the lentils
before adding cooking water.

You may want to go to the local Walmart and check their brands. If they
have dried black beans in the GV or Great Value brand (their own brand),
there is a good chance it will say gluten free on the back. 

Dried beans are closest to the field as anything in the supermarket.  As a
natural product, you need to pick through the bag of beas prior to cooking
to removed anything that's not what's supposed to be the bag--other plant
seeds (if a grain, most likely barley since that's used in multibean
mixes), stones, sticks or clumps of dirt, along w/ any beans that don't
look good--too wrinkled, bug holes, half beans, etc. After you've done
that, put them in a collandar and rinse them w/ running water to removed
the dirt. The you can sort or cook according to directions.

I haven't tried the black beans, but A&P's own brand (if you have that 
near you) of dried peas and lentils are without wheat, so probably their 
other dried beans are as well.  

I spread them out in a pan and pick them over carefully to remove wheat,
rye, grass and stones, then rinse them. The weird stuff that ends up in
bags of beans never ceases to amaze me-I found a piece of buckshot in a
bag of limas once! Its worth it to check them out for the rocks alone,
don't want to break a tooth.

Can't you just pick thru the beans to make sure nothing else is in there,
and then rinse them?


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 MJ Thomas
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