The bean post...at last

So I think I've mentioned a few times how much I adore beans. It all started with Deb at Smittenkitchen.com made something with beans and mentioned getting them from Rancho Gordo. So I looked up this mysterious Rancho Gordo. OMG! I had no idea there were so many different types of beans. I went a little crazy. Every time I order I can't just pick a couple. I pick them all. And hominy. And ground red chile. Oooh, together with Rio Zape beans the hominy and chile make an amazing posole. So yes. I am loving me some beans. The proof is in the picture. These beauties arrived yesterday.



I must have been really excited. Look how I ripped open the box! LOL. According to UPS, it weighed 32 pounds.


So this is how the arrival of the beans went down. Box arrives, and I am so happy. Wee...happy! Hey, I think, I just signed up for twitter. I'll go tweet about my beans. *scampers off* Suddenly the sound of paper shredding interrupts the tweeting. I race to the bean box to find devil puppy digging. Inside the box. He's having a ball, shredding paper, ripping open bags. Beans are flying until. "What are you doing?!" I scream. That stopped him. Unfortunately, the damage was done. I spent an hour sorting the loose beans by type. The irony of which was not lost on me...I used to be a "bean counter" before the kidlets came along.

But the beans survived. Last night we had Escarole and beans soup made with lovely fat cannellinis. Yum.


Now, does this look like a bean destroyer to you? Getting big, isn't he?