670213 Sat Nov 28 10:00:18 -0800 2009 5 31 Home Cooking 0 5212620 The recipe for "New Mexican: soup calls for pinto beans but the nearest supermarket only carries Goya a limited variety of the Goya brand. I can choose from these substitutes: Red Kidney Beans • 16 Bean Soup Mix • Baby Lima Beans • Large Lima Beans • Pink Beans • Fava Beans • Peeled Fava Beans • Small Red Beans • White Kidney Beans • Blackeye Peas • Green Split Peas • Chick Peas • Whole Green Peas I did find suggestions here (http://www.foodsubs.com/Beans.html) but I'm curious for other opinions bc pinto are a drier bean and a bit larger than the small pink beans available. The other flavors in the soup are: cumin, peppers, avocado, corn. coriander, oregano, and Sat Nov 28 10:00:18 -0800 2009 295462 superfinespot 1 5212669 i'd use either the small red beans or go in a slightly different direction with the chickpeas. i wouldn't stress over it. just pick a bean you like. avoid the mixed bean bags-- the beans all cook at different rates. Sat Nov 28 10:42:59 -0800 2009 5212620 30273 hotoynoodle 1 5212676 I'm with hotoynoodle...small reds. So funny because I have a pound of dried red beans soaking right now (and I'll cook them at 6 p.m. or so) and I was thinking that they kind of look like pinto beans now because as they soak, the red turns to pink. Sat Nov 28 10:47:42 -0800 2009 5212620 11983 Val 1 5212812 Pink or red beans Sat Nov 28 11:49:24 -0800 2009 5212620 1108638 Cherylptw 1 5212831 I mostly use pinto or black beans when doing Mexican. If they have black beans that is. Sat Nov 28 11:58:30 -0800 2009 5212620 11097 coll 1 5212841 I find pink beans most similar in flavor to pinto. Sat Nov 28 12:07:32 -0800 2009 5212620 1121375 visciole