Rancho Gordo Beans and Bean Club

[Mosca]

Wow THAT was fast! Placed the order late Wednesday, beans arrived early Saturday!

Tarbais, pinquitos, midnight blacks, yellow eye beans, Christmas limas, negro de varas, black eyed peas, and pintos.

[SheilaAnn]

I asked my boss and she hasn’t heard of that happening.

Regarding calling: wow! Did you get a name by chance? Definitely send them a picture.

I’m glad the Marcella’s worked out.

[ecowper]

Troutman Steve, the Marcella’s are amazing! That said, as DaveD says, that lady clearly didn’t know beans

[Troutman]

Ended up using the Marcella white’s instead, delicious. I’ll do a full write up on the recipe to follow. Didn’t mean to disrespect RG, their beans are usually delish!!

[ecowper]

I had a subscription and cancelled it. 2 reasons. First, I was getting more beans than I could use in 3 months. Second, I was getting things I didn’t necessarily want. I don’t need 7 different types of heritage black beans. I found with RG that I love Marcellas, Flageolets, Pinquitos, and Lentils. The rest were going unused. Now I order what I need, make sure my order hits $50 for free shipping, and I’m happy.

[DaveD]

Real sorry you're having a poor experience. But somebody has to say it: that young lady didn't know beans.

[DaveD]

yakima I drew exactly the same conclusion. Couple orders a year with 6-8 bags of beans each is probably good for us. Just us two after all...

[ecowper]

I have never seen that problem with RG beans. Normally only see that with very old, very dry supermarket stuff. I agree that your customer support experience is very disappointing.

[Troutman]

Update: Called RG and talked to a nice but semi-clueless young lady who didn’t seem to understand what I was trying to describe as the problem. I may send them the above picture. Anyway going with another white bean for my dish. Very disappointed with RG given all the hype as well as the cost.

[yakima]

The ranchogordo.com site provides details. I am on a waitlist for the subscription. About 14 months so far.

But, don't really need a subscription. Order $50 of product, get free shipping. Do that couple times a year, probably have more beans than you use. I have not worked out the comparative economics. The quarterly subscription is likely cheaper on a per pound basis, but results in a lot of beans.

[Troutman]

SheilaAnn and fzxdoc I'm open to suggestions. Was going to do a Royal Corona bean recipe last night so about noon time I decided to soak my beans as usual in enough cool water water to cover them and let them sit on the counter. After about 4 hours I went to check to see if they were soft enough (I don't like a long soak) and found the casings shriveled with some split open. The inner bean also began to split apart. I don't see any way these with stand up to cooking much less boiling. Any ideas or suggestions? I have some other white beans I'm going to substitute for today's cook. I think I may call Rancho Gordo to get their take on this. I purchased these about 6 or so months ago?

[Porkies]

Thank you for the info!

[SheilaAnn]

Troutman …whoa! That’s never happened to me. And I make these beans often. fzxdoc thoughts?

Hot water? Soaked too long? I think we use these beans fast enough that an expiry date is not an option. I’ll ask D in the morning.

[Troutman]

SheilaAnn Not sure what’s happened to my Royal Coronas but during the soak their outer shell split open and the inner bean broke in half. First time I’ve cooked these, any suggestions as to why this is occurring?

[Alan Brice]

Appx $50-60 bucks gets you 5-7 pounds of beans per quarter, and or a packet of wild rice or chipolte chilis. Dif things all the time and They send interesting reading material and you get free shipping on an extra order each quarter. Beans beans n more beans! "Heritage" not yer
average bean. Once I got a cpl sticks of soft cinn.