These beans were sooooo dirty. Maybe a third of them were heavily caked with dried mud (or something). I tried washing them, but it was useless - the mud just wouldn't come off. Maybe it was clay? Obviously it thwarted the mechanical washing process that these beans went through, so I guess I'm not surprised I couldn't wash them myself.
I tried soaking the beans, and then scrubbing each dirty bean with my fingers - that got most of the mud off, kind of, but it also scrubbed off the bean skin and it required me to scrub each bean individually, and even then they were still a little dirty. Eesh. No way I was going to enjoy eating these beans, even if I put in the time to really clean them - I'd be sure I hadn't gotten all of the mud/clay/whatever.
So I tossed them. Bummer.
They looked and smelled fresh, I guess! I couldn't speak to the taste. I'm hoping this was just a bad batch.
(I cook beans fairly frequently, and I'm used to almost totally clean beans, sometimes with a rock or two mixed in! I've never seen such dirty beans.)
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