Like everyone else said, hooray for the whey trick. Everyone does dry beans here. Beans are positively a staple of life in this area, and no self respecting belizean would ever use canned beans. They're also way more expensive here because of import duties. Anyway! We love to make them in the slow cooker and also use the immersion blender when they're done to make refrieds, and I added some chicken broth to some of those tonight for burritos, and that was also excellent.