If you’ve ever planted, weeded, picked, shelled, boiled and prepared dried beans from your own backyard, the under-$2 can of beans at the grocery store may seem truly amazing and not to be taken ...

You can easily rehydrate dried vanilla bean pods in hot water and other liquids. To rehydrate, place vanilla bean pods in hot (not boiling) water. A pie dish works well for this.

I have read that they are not good for this use. L.B. I have heard the same caution about dried bush, pole and runner beans not being good for traditional baked bean dishes.