We just got a care package shipped to us from Texas and I wanted to use this post to talk about how kickass instant refried beans are.

I like the Fantastic brand pictured at left there. But you can also find them in bulk in a lot of places like Whole Foods.

The best part about them is that you can vary the texture of the beans, depending on how much water you add. Like your beans firm? Don't use a lot of water. Liquidy beans? More H20.

And liquidy beans are - in this humble Freedom Haters opinion - the perfect foundation on which to build the perfect plate of nachos.

(Note: I'm using the term "foundation" as a metaphor. I point this out because there currently exists a nacho school of thought that recommends a base of beans spread out on the plate, the purpose of which is to keep the chips in place and not sliding around. This view, however, is somewhat controversial and will be addressed in a future post.)

I know this might be heresy to some of our nacho readers - but beans out of a can come out all bunched up and cold. They're hard to spread over nachos properly and thus you're left with a bunch of beans clumped up all over your chips.

Take it from flojo - once you try them out, you won't go back.