La Costeña Whole Black Beans 19.75 oz (6-Pack)

This is our favorite brand.We were having a hard time finding them in our local stores.

Very DISAPOINTED!!. Amazon did a very bad job packing these cans of beans. Some came dented!. Incredible!. No more!!Walmart ALWAYS pack every so nice and clean.

The beans themselves are good, but the cans always arrive severely dented even when they are swathed in oodles of bubble wrap.

Good beans for when I don't want to bother to cook dried beans, East is neutral without spices.

Staple

So this happened over the course of 2 dinners. These are big cans (29 ounces, so about 2 of the smaller cans) and they are heavy, so I can see how they might have some delivery issues. My packages arrived a day late and it looks like the box was repackaged so I think something might have happened with the carrier. The cans were not dented so it was fine. Then, while my husband was moving them, he dropped one and it dented terribly. Thus we had black beans with dinner. My kids do not like beans. They have never been big fans. I heated black beans up with a little onion powder and pepper (already has enough salt) and they've each had 2 servings for 2 dinners in a row. I CANNOT believe I am saying this, but we actually had to tell them to eat some of the other food on their plates before they could have more beans. BEANS! I even overcooked them because I forgot about them on the stove and some stuck/burned to the bottom of the pan!All that aside, I usually buy S&W beans from the grocery store and now that I have had these, I cannot go back. These La Costeña black beans are so much better in size, texture, and flavor. The beans themselves are bigger, and even after overcooking did not turn to mush. They're a little heavy on the salt, but I think that's to be expected in canned beans. I am also still in shock at how much my kids like these beans.

I have ordered about 2 or 3 times. Every Single Can always has a dent. Otrherwise good product.

I really like to keep a few cans of beans on hand. Making a pot of beans takes quite a bit of time and a can of beans can really be a big time saver.There are different varieties that are better if you want to serve without any tweaking. These will work for that but the bean will be very basic - only a bit of salt added to the water for seasoning. But they work great for adding to meals or cooking with some other ingredients to make something special.The 29 ounce can is nice for making family sized servings. This case of 12 could feed quite a few. I didn't have issues with delivery but I have had other cans (of cat food) broken open in past when having delivered. It is always a possibility but Amazon is good about making things right.I won't be using these for camping but these would work great for that too. They have the pop top lid so they'd be easy to open and but on a campfire for something quick and easy.