Strainer or sieve: Use a fine-mesh sieve or a basic kitchen strainer (the liner of a salad spinner also works) to rinse and sort the dried beans. You’ll use this same tool again when it’s time to ...

Cooking beans from scratch seems to be wreathed in controversy, although I’m not entirely sure why. First of all, while I know that canned beans are readily available, they really aren’t worth using, ...