I like cooking beans and having them around, even without any specific idea of what I want to do with them. If they are cooked already, I'll use them! So now I just cook them whenever I've got some time in the kitchen. I go through a lot of beans. I grow a lot of them and always like trying new ones, too, in the garden. Never met a bad bean, lol. I do like using a pressure cooker, though. It sure takes less energy.