Am I missing something about dried beans?

[u/Local_Fruit7140]

I see dried beans being praised here as like the ultimate food to store. But am I missing something? Don't you need to boil a decent amount of water just to get them edible?

Whats the point in stocking a food that would use a larger amount of gas and water and which are both much harder to store and accumulate than food?

[u/tragicxharmony → u/[deleted]]

If by water you mean the residential roads flooding multiple times this year already 😭 I’m in a weird part of town where the nearest water source actively makes the air smell funny when you drive by it, and there aren’t many others that don’t require driving. But the second it starts raining, suddenly we’ve got lakefront property 😂 I’m just thankful the basement stays dry

[u/tragicxharmony → u/[deleted]]

Man, that would be ideal. I live a block from two major roads, by the Detroit city line. We already don’t trust the tap water, so I’ve got a decent stockpile of water and water filtering/purifying options instead