Just a note to add to this lovely thread...

For any Leeds peeps, there's a fab organic health food store right across Vicar Lane from the Corn Exchange & they have.....YES! Dried organic pinto beans. Also dried organic black beans. A 500g bag of the black beans is about £1.25, and the pinto beans were £1.50. I bought some today! Nice store with lots of variety of many things (organic, free trade, eco-friendly, etc...) - lots of different pulses, and they also have a little deli counter in there as well. I forget what the store is called & I meant to remember.
